Dodgers activate David Price from IL

May 18th, 2021

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated left-handed pitcher David Price from the injured list and optioned right-handed pitcher Mitch White.

Price, 35, returns after missing 17 games with a strained left hamstring. He has appeared in seven games for the Dodgers, recording a 1-0 mark with one save. His first career regular season save came on Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 in a 7-5 win against the Rockies. The 2012 Cy Young award winner is in his 13th season and 151-80 with a 3.32 ERA in 328 games (311 starts) in his Major League career. He was acquired along with Mookie Betts from the Boston Red Sox on February 10, 2020 in exchange for Alex Verdugo and minor leaguers Jeter Downs and Connor Wong.

White, 25, appeared in yesterday’s game, tossing one scoreless inning with one strikeout. He has pitched in six games this season, going 0-0 with a 1.17 ERA (1 ER/7.2 IP) and four strikeouts. The former second rounder out of Santa Clara University is 1-0 with a 0.84 ERA in eight Major League games. In four minor league seasons with the Dodgers, he went 14-15 with a 3.97 ERA and 311 strikeouts in 75 games (67 starts).