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- Updated: November 19, 2016
Less than a year removed from inking the richest contract ever signed by a pitcher, Red Sox starter David Price is giving back.
Price donated $2.5 million as a capstone gift to Vanderbilt to help his former school improve its baseball facilities, the university announced Friday. It’s the largest gift toward the project and will help complete the $12 million overhaul.
Price, who grew up in Murfreesboro, Tenn., about 35 miles south of Vanderbilt, pitched three seasons at Vandy before he was selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Rays in the 2007 Draft.
During his college career, the lefty compiled 441 strikeouts, third-most all-time in the SEC. In his junior year, he led the Commodores to the No. 1 overall seed in the …
