Red Sox's David Price: Focusing on command in offseason

Price has been working on commanding his fastball since he started throwing two weeks ago, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports.

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Price was not pleased with his first season in Boston, when opposing batters slugged .452 and .460 off his four-seamer and two-seamer, respectively, up from .361 and .343 the previous season. Those two-seamers inside to righties would leak back over the plate while his four-seamers away would cut back to the middle. Since he started offseason throwing sessions at Vanderbilt, his alma mater, the left-hander is focused not on an imaginary strike zone, but to hit the target every time. "I'm not going to throw that baseball until you put your glove up - and I want you to move it around," he said of those throwing sessions. Price's final numbers in 2016 were okay for a middle-of-the-rotation starter, but not for a purported ace making $17 million a year. He feels there's a lot to prove in 2017.