Red Sox, David Price Agree On Deal

David Price has reached an agreement on a seven-year, $217 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The $31 million average annual value of the contract is the most ever for a pitcher and matches that of Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Prior to Price's deal, the most the Red Sox had paid a pitcher, in annual value and overall cost, was the four-year, $82.5 million extension signed by Rick Porcello in April. Max Scherzer signed a seven-year, $210 million deal with the Nationals last winter, and Clayton Kershaw's contract extension with the Dodgers was for $215 million.

Price, 30, was 18-5 with an AL-leading 2.45 ERA last season with the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays. He was second in the AL in pitching WAR at 6.0 in 2015.

The five-time All-Star has an opt-out after three years with no deferred money. The yearly payout for Price is $30 million, $30 million, $30 million, $31 million, $32 million, $32 million and $32 million.

Dodgers New  Manager Introduced

Dave Roberts said it didn't fully hit him that he was the first minority manager of the team that broke baseball's color barrier until his father brought it up a few hours before he was introduced as the Los Angeles Dodgers' next manager at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.

"It's important," Roberts said. "Sometimes, I think, you're guilty of thinking you just do your best at your job and see where it gets you, but if you look at this organization and the people who have come before me, I have to give that a lot of weight and acknowledge it because it's big."

Roberts, the son of an African-American retired Marine father and a Japanese mother, is one of only three minority managers in the major leagues. He joins the Washington Nationals' Dusty Baker and the Atlanta Braves' Fredi Gonzalez.