Red Sox News: David Price's Season 'Most Likely' Over, Could Have Wrist Surgery

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price is likely done for the season because of a wrist injury.

According to Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said most signs indicate Price's 2019 campaign is over: "Most likely we're going to get together again just to go over a few things and see where we're heading, but honestly, it feels like most likely we're going to shut him down. But we have to go through the whole process and see how David feels about it."

Price has pitched just once since Aug. 4 while dealing with a cyst in his left wrist. He received a cortisone injection in early August, but it hasn't worked as hoped.

Cora also noted surgery is a possibility:

"That’s something we're going to talk about, if that's an option, if we need it. Obviously it has limited him as far as being able to compete, and I think it actually kind of limited him when he was pitching, what he was able to do. We saw it with command, and that's not him. He can get hit, that's part of it. But with command, he was way off. He didn't have that two-seamer in the whole season, and that's a pitch that throughout his career, he always aced it. That's ... a put-away pitch against right-handed hitters, and he didn't have it."

Price dealt with carpal tunnel syndrome in his left wrist last year, but he still made 30 regular-season starts and helped lead the Red Sox to a World Series championship.

In 22 starts this season, the 34-year-old southpaw is 7-5 with a 4.28 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 128 strikeouts over 107.1 innings.

Regarding how the injury has impacted Price, his ERA is his highest in four seasons with the Red Sox, his WHIP is the second-highest of his career and his walks per nine is the second-worst mark for him over the past nine seasons.

If Price is unable to return this season, much of the burden will fall on Eduardo Rodriguez and Rick Porcello since Chris Sale is already on the injured list with an elbow injury. Nathan Eovaldi and Jhoulys Chacin also figure to play a big role in the rotation down the stretch.

At 79-71, the Red Sox are 19 games out in the American League East, and they trail the Tampa Bay Rays by nine games for the second wild-card spot in the AL.