"We loved Edwin and Stroman, but our starting pitching has been a bit of a weak spot for us, and we couldn't pass on the opportunity to add a CY Young caliber pitcher in David Price. Two seasons ago he won the CY Young award while pitching in the American League East, and from our standpoint that speaks volumes about his skill level and character as a human being. This trade was a tough decision from our standpoint, but we felt that the intangibles that David will bring to our ball club will be well worth the value we gave up in both Edwin and Marcus. This is a guy who has been around winners his whole life. From Joe Maddon to Longoria to Andrew Friedman himself and so forth, we feel he has been instructed to play the game the right way and we see tremendous value in that. This is also a guy who happens to be one of the most colourful personalities in the twitter universe, and with the recent loss of JPA, we felt the need to replenish that within the clubhouse. When we found out he was available, we went to Beest, and without hesitation he told us to do it. That's the commitment we have from ownership - we identified a piece that we needed and had the means to go out and get it."
-AA