Dodgers activate David Price

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated left-handed pitcher David Price from the injured list and designated right-handed pitcher Shane Greene for assignment.

Price, 36, returns from the injured list after missing 17 games on the Covid IL. He has appeared in five games for the Dodgers this season, allowing one run in 4.2 innings with five strikeouts. He is in his 14th Major League season and is a combined 155-82 with a 3.33 ERA (780 ER/2108.0 IP) and 2,044 strikeouts. The 2012 Cy Young Award winner was originally drafted by the Tampa Rays with the first overall pick in the 2007 First Year Player Draft out Vanderbilt University.

Greene, 33, appeared in one game for the Dodgers, tossing two innings and recording the win against the Phillies on Sunday. He was 0-1 with a 5.87 ERA (5 ER/7.1 IP) in seven games for Triple-A Oklahoma City. He has spent parts of eight seasons in the Major Leagues, going 24-29 with a 4.50 ERA (235 ER/469.2 IP) in 342 games. He was signed by the Dodgers on March 24 as a minor league free agent.