Speaking on Friday on MLB Network, former Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price issued a refreshing piece of advice to younger pitchers: Throw your best pitch, and get beat with your best stuff.

While he wasn't malicious about it, Price also pushed back slightly on analytics, saying that he was never a major believer in the revolution.

A 14-year veteran of the Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers, Price is one of the best pitchers of the 2000s.

A five-time All-Star, he went 157-82 with a 3.32 ERA, winning double-digit games in 10 different seasons. He led the American League in ERA in 2012 and 2015, winning the Cy Young in 2012. He finished second for the award two other times.

While Price was somewhat frustrating in Boston because of his attitude, he was a generally solid pitcher when he was healthy. He went 17-9 in 2016 with a 3.99 ERA, making a league-best 35 starts, and then he went 6-3 in 2017 with a 3.38.

He helped Boston win the World Series in 2018 with a 16-7 campaign and then went 7-5 with a 4.28 ERA in 22 starts in 2019.

He opted out during the COVID 2020 season but was traded to the Dodgers before that season along with Mookie Betts. The Dodgers taking half his contract was a major win for then-Red Sox executive Chaim Bloom, but trading Betts remains one of the most questionable decisions of the 2000s for Boston.

So often, teams ask pitchers to pitch to a hitters weakness, but sometimes a pitcher doesn't have the arsenal to sync up with that plan. And if you don't have that kind of arsenal, it can be very tough to throw with trust and conviction, which is a central part of pitching.

To Price's point, you have to throw what you believe in, and if a hitter beats you at your best, then so be it. Some pitchers have to earn the right to throw that way on the mound and Price certainly did over the length of his career.

In addition to his World Series win with Boston, it should be noted that Price got to the World Series with the 2008 Rays, the ALCS with the 2015 Blue Jays and the ALDS six other times.

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