Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports[/caption]Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price will be a free agent in 2016. The Rays can trade Price at any time before they lose him for nothing. I'm not knocking the way the Rays operate, but Price could be gone sooner than later unless the Rays make a World Series run.
There is one team that Price wouldn't want to go to, and that's the New York Yankees.
Price says that if and when he does hit free agency, there are teams that he wouldn't sign with because of certain rules and policies. The Yankees have a policy where you can't have facial hair, and that doesn't go over well with Price. Price sports a beard and doesn't plan on getting rid of it.
“It’s a joke to me, that I had less rules in college than I would on some major league teams. That’s not my style, man. I couldn’t do it on some of these teams I hear about. I couldn’t do it. I’m a grown man," he told Fox Sports. “If I ever did hit that free-agent market, there would be teams I wouldn’t sign with simply because of the stuff that I’ve heard – every rule they have. Being here since 2007, being treated like a grownup, given that respect and freedom and space – it grows on you.
“I wouldn’t stay there (New York) very long then. I wouldn’t sign a long-term deal there. Those rules, that’s old-school baseball. I was born in ’85. That’s not for me. That’s not something I want to be a part of.”
We all know money talks and current Yankee pitcher C.C. Sabathia said that he didn't want to play in New York until the Brinks truck rolled in. Price may simply be a different cat. He just likes to play the game and hopes to compete for championships.
There will be plenty of rumors about where Price will go to over the next two-to-three years, but as a fan, I hope he stays in Tampa.
