Red Sox LHP Price back on DL due to elbow ailment

Jul 29, 2017 - 2:28 AM Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price is headed back to the disabled list and missed his scheduled start Friday night against the Kansas City Royals due to a recurrence of his elbow ailment.

The team announced Friday that Price was placed on the 10-day DL (retroactive to July 25) with left elbow inflammation.

Right-hander Rick Porcello (4-14) started the series opener against the Royals and was the losing pitcher as the Red Sox fell 4-2. Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez is scheduled to start Saturday and left-hander Drew Pomeranz on Sunday.

President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski expects Price to pitch again this season.

"I don't really know when that will be," Dombrowski told reporters Friday.

Dombrowski said he doesn't expect to make a trade for a starting pitcher before Monday's trade deadline and for now, Doug Fister will replace Price in the rotation.

"We feel comfortable with Doug Fister moving into rotation," Dombrowski said. "We're not going to go out and make a big trade for a starting pitcher."

Price, 31, underwent an MRI exam on his pitching elbow Thursday, a source told ESPN's Buster Olney. The issue is reportedly similar to the injury that sidelined Price for the first two months of the season.

In March, Price was diagnosed with a strain of flexor mass muscle in the forearm near his elbow.

Since his return to the mound on May 29, Price is 5-3 with a 3.82 ERA and 63 strikeouts against 22 walks over 66 innings in 11 starts.

Price has sparred with the media this season, including a much-publicized incident in which he lashed out at Hall of Fame pitcher and current NESN TV analyst Dennis Eckersley on the team plane June 29.

Price mocked Eckersley and cursed at him multiple times during the confrontation, the Boston Globe reported in a Sunday story that provided previously unreported details about the altercation.

The Red Sox trail the New York Yankees by a half-game in the American League East after dropping the opener of the three-game series at Fenway Park.

To fill Price's spot on the 25-man roster, left-handed pitcher Robby Scott was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.

Scott, 27, has made four scoreless relief appearances for Pawtucket since being optioned on July 17, striking out four and allowing just one hit in 4 2/3 innings. He made his first career Opening Day roster in 2017 and has a 1-1 record with a 3.75 ERA over 24 innings in 38 relief appearances for the Red Sox this season.