Price vs. the Royals is basically the worst match-up for us... they don't strike out and they're not intimidated by elite pitching. I'd save him until Monday.
If you want to beat the Royals you've got to do it with the bats. Their only weakness really is SP.
Every organization has guys in their system who are touted. AA has taken a big chunk of those guys away. Many prospects don't pan out anyway and now the odds are even loss with many of the highest prospects gone. Our system has been gutted whether you want to admit it or not.
26.3 % WC chance, 34.0 % play off chance = outside chance
Granted this went up a bit with Price
http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx?type=2&lg=wc&date=current
It's exciting for this year but it's most definitely stupid.
If we were playing for the division it'd be okay with it, but we're not.
We're playing for an outside shot at the second WC.
It's just a SSS, there's a lot more. Reyes was hated a lot here. Maybe you don't care because you're a Rays fan but most Blue Jays fans were put through a lot of stress with that loser.