Price to have surgery to remove cyst
Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price will have surgery to remove a cyst on his pitching wrist on Thursday, manager Alex Cora said Sunday.
The team placed Price on the injured list on Aug. 8. He returned to throw two innings against the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 2 but hasn’t pitched since, and the Red Sox decided last week to keep him on the bench for the rest of the season.
“We just want to get it over and for him to start the off-season, quote-unquote, the right way,” Cora said.
The procedure has been termed minor.
“Obviously, you never know,” Cora said. “They might go in there and find something else. As of now, everything seems like we’ll take care of the cyst and he should be fine.”
Price, 34, finishes the season with a 7-5 record and a 4.28 ERA — almost a full run over his 3.31 career ERA. A 12-year veteran, Price has a career record of 150-80 and has thrown 2,0292/3 innings.
ANALYST RECOVERING
Los Angeles Angels radio analyst Mark Langston remained in a Houston hospital Sunday following a heart-related emergency. Langston collapsed in the broadcast booth at Minute Maid Park on Friday before the start of the Angels-Astros game and details have emerged about what happened. Terry Smith, the Angels radio play-by-play announcer, told the Orange County Register he thought his broadcast partner might not make it.
“I can tell you this, in all certainty, they shocked him back to life,” Smith said. “If this happened in his hotel room, he would have died. And he knows it.”
Smith said paramedics were on the scene within 90 seconds. Langston, 59, was at the hospital and his condition was stable within the hour.
PENGUINS SIGN ROOKIE
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed rookie forward Sam Poulin to a three-year, entry-level deal, the team announced on Sunday.
The Pens drafted Poulin, 18, with the 21st overall pick in 2019.
“Sam is a good, young forward,” GM Jim Rutherford said.