Truly. Johnson showed nothing during his brief major-league stint, other than that he needs to recover from injury. He's deep depth and nothing more: he may never make it back out of AAA. Owens will probably start out in AAA, because fastball command is the easiest element to work on quickly, and there's no doubt that he still needs work. Edro was the best starting pitcher the team had last year, discounting Buchholz' pre-annual-injury cameo.
Price is an interesting comp and model for Rodriguez, because both started out as fastball pitchers with questionable offspeed stuff: Price threw 71% 4-seam fastballs during his first full major-league season.
In the last three years, he has evolved to throw
five legitimate pitches, all of them grading
above average (although the data on his cutter are not so clearcut). Price is what Rodriguez needs to turn into to become a star. It couldn't hurt to have a model to work from.
Also: Price would be OUR asshole, it's not my money, and we keep the draft pick.