Are you a David Price Believer?? WHIR

[sweettortilla]

I've been hanging onto David Price in Minors Keeper spot for over a year. Emotionally, I am tied to him. I want to believe that he is the next mlb ACE, and his last outing was stellar. So...his stock is very high right now.

My question to you - are you a David Price believer? Would you hold him as a possible keeper or use him as trade bait to build a stronger, more reliable offense. (Example, I have a possible deal out there of Price for Carlos Quentin --- which begs the question, are you a Quentin believer?)

10 team league, Head to head, here's the roster:

Active Batters
Martinez, Victor C
Howard, Ryan 1B
Phillips, Brandon 2B
Branyan, Russell 3B
Tejada, Miguel SS
Choo, Shin-Soo RF
Cruz, Nelson R. RF
Soriano, Alfonso LF
Berkman, Lance DH

Reserve Batters
Pierre, Juan LF LA
Scott, Luke LF BAL

Active Pitchers
Fuentes, Brian RP
Hill, Rich J. SP
Jurrjens, Jair SP
Oswalt, Roy SP
Price, David SP
Vargas, Jason M. SP
Verlander, Justin SP

Reserve Pitchers
Escobar, Kelvim SP
Harden, Rich SP
Kawakami, Kenshin SP
Richmond, Scott SP
Santana, Ervin SP

Injured Batters
Ramirez, Aramis 3B

Minors
Bastardo, Antonio SP PHI

[SDKSman]

id keep price hes proved he can be the next electric pitcher

[ajk23az]

I am a pretty big believer. He has pitched pretty dang well when he is in the majors. The guy has it all plus he is a southpaw.
The Twins are T-6th in batting avg in the league and he mowed them down pretty easily.
Keep him IMO.

[wallywojo]

This is an excellent breakdown of price.
http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2009/05/david_price_ana.php

[jmcampbe11]

I like Price quite a bit. I also like Quentin, but he seems fragile. This is the second straight season he's missed time. When he plays, he's one of the best, but he'd probably be too much of a gamble for me, at this point, to part with Price.

Price is special.

[JeepCop]

I'd keep Price for the time being. With Tejada at your SS spot in a keeper league, I'd be looking for younger blood there. I'd also hold off on Price for Quentin.


Lil help?
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[sigmachi355]

I guess I'm in the minority...I think now is the perfect time to trade Price. Trade him to another manager who is ga-ga over him (most are) and don't look back. He will likely be VERY in-consistent this year and with his strict innings limit and pitch count, he might not go past 5 innings very often (think Joba last year) Sure I think in 3 years he could be an Ace....but are you willing to hold onto him for that long knowing you can get a big return for him right now? I like your team, but an upgrade at SS would suit you fine. Or possibly Luke Scott & Price for an upgrade at SP.