David Price sets the tone for Red Sox with Opening Day performance

playRed Sox pitcher David Price joins Britt McHenry to assess his first start with the team by saying, "I didn't pound the zone I needed to out of the gate." He's happy overall with the performance as well as seeing David Ortiz's 504th career home run. (2:07)CLEVELAND -- Let's be perfectly clear: One game doesn't prove David Price was worth $217 million any more than it defines the 2016 Boston Red Sox as a full-fledged playoff contender.

On both counts, though, it sure was a good start.

As anticipated Red Sox pitching debuts go, this was up there with Pedro Martinez in 1998 in Oakland, Curt Schilling in 2004 in Baltimore and Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2007 in Kansas City. In December, Price signed…