In a guest appearance on The Jeff Blair Show Thursday morning, the Blue Jays general manager said Price is pleased with his current role with Toronto and, in fact, wants to be used even more.
“He was completely on board with it. He wants to pitch every day,” Anthopoulos told co-hosts Jeff Blair and Stephen Brunt on Sportsnet 590 The Fan. “He wanted to pitch that game R.A. (Dickey) pitched in Arlington when he went 4.2 innings. He wanted to start that game. From an outsider’s standpoint — how people think he should or shouldn’t be used — that’s fine. Everyone has the right to have their own opinion. David is completely on board. He’s absolutely involved in the process. We involve our players in everything we do.
“David has talked to us as an organization — to us, to (John Gibbons), to Pete Walker — that he’s ready to go,” Anthopoulos said. “He’s ready to throw out of the (bullpen). It was discussed before (Game 5) so I don’t know why there would be any surprises. It was talked about before that he could get up in this game. He was completely on board with it.”