Mark Prior Starting Tommorrow

[BigbadB]

I'll be watching because I think I've now seen every episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and they just aren't as funny the 2nd time around. The only thing as funny as Raymond are Dusty's blunders and one liners. And I need my laughter fix.

[oldstyle81]

mark prior is usually very good in his returns off the DL hahahaha

[CuseCubFan69]

mark prior is usually very good in his returns off the DL hahahaha

 

Is there a 4 day DL he can go on then?

[NCCubFan]

Prior activated, Rusch to the 15-day DL, ostensibly with back spasms (yeah, right). Moves confirmed by cubs.com. I haven't read anything about what they did to clear a spot on the 40-man roster; my guess is transferring either Pagan or Lee to the 60-day DL.

[CuseCubFan69]

Prior activated, Rusch to the 15-day DL, ostensibly with back spasms (yeah, right). Moves confirmed by cubs.com. I haven't read anything about what they did to clear a spot on the 40-man roster; my guess is transferring either Pagan or Lee to the 60-day DL.

 

Is there a limit to how many players they can have on the 60 day DL?

[NCCubFan]

Prior activated, Rusch to the 15-day DL, ostensibly with back spasms (yeah, right). Moves confirmed by cubs.com. I haven't read anything about what they did to clear a spot on the 40-man roster; my guess is transferring either Pagan or Lee to the 60-day DL.

 

Is there a limit to how many players they can have on the 60 day DL?

I don't know, but since Prior just came off it there's at least one spot on it available. I think Miller's the only player on it now.

[andyfrain]

Prior activated, Rusch to the 15-day DL, ostensibly with back spasms (yeah, right). Moves confirmed by cubs.com. I haven't read anything about what they did to clear a spot on the 40-man roster; my guess is transferring either Pagan or Lee to the 60-day DL.

 

Is there a limit to how many players they can have on the 60 day DL?

I don't know, but since Prior just came off it there's at least one spot on it available. I think Miller's the only player on it now.

 

Cubs.com lists Angel Pagan as being on the 60 day disabled list. I have not seen any announcement of the transaction though.

[E.J.]

Prior did awesome today. Now we've got the Central Division right where we want them. :D

 

:puke:

[Roast]

hahahahahahahhaaha @ Prior.

 

That is all.

[Sammy Sofa]

The sad thing is, even if he had pitched better than his best, this team was still doomed to sniff failure until the end of the season.

 

Yeah, I know it's only one game, but come the funk ON. 6 runs in the 1st inning? 8 total? And Woods 1st start was a mess, too...can this organization do ANYTHING right? Yeah, I know, the pitchers need to step it up, but really, we see plenty of other organizations bring guys back from injuries. Nobody expected all start pitching the first time back, but this is ourageous.

[E.J.]

I'm really surprised that 89mph, straight-as-an-arrow fastball was getting crushed today.

 

/sarcasm

[Laura]

He only had one pitch working the first inning, and it wasn't a good one.

 

Dusty and Rothschild wanted him back pitching. Well, he's back pitching.

[srbin84]

I'm not really surprised. He's not even close to being ready. I guess the shoulder strain is an out for the season type injury in this case because I don't see him doing anything decent in the big leagues for any kind of stretch for a long time.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

He only had one pitch working the first inning, and it wasn't a good one.

 

Dusty and Rothschild wanted him back pitching. Well, he's back pitching.

 

I agree. It was obvious to everyone he had just the 4-seamer going. I would have preferred Prior getting one more start at Iowa. I think the velo will pick up in a start or 2.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm not really surprised. He's not even close to being ready. I guess the shoulder strain is an out for the season type injury in this case because I don't see him doing anything decent in the big leagues for any kind of stretch for a long time.

 

He's fine. He wasn't really injured. It was just a super secret steroids supsension.

[srbin84]

I'm not really surprised. He's not even close to being ready. I guess the shoulder strain is an out for the season type injury in this case because I don't see him doing anything decent in the big leagues for any kind of stretch for a long time.

 

He's fine. He wasn't really injured. It was just a super secret steroids supsension.

 

He was throwing high 80's, topping out at like 90 or 91 on occasion with no movement. The lack of curve balls is a concern as well. The curve ball puts more strain on the arm, so maybe he was holding it back because of the pain. Either that or the pitch just plain sucks for him right now. I hope he is fine/gets fine so we can get his butt out of town for anything of value, but I think that is a little too optimistic.

[illiniguy]

We can't fire Dusty until Zambrano is hurt pretty badly. Only then will Dusty's work be complete.

[Outshined_One]

I'm not really surprised. He's not even close to being ready. I guess the shoulder strain is an out for the season type injury in this case because I don't see him doing anything decent in the big leagues for any kind of stretch for a long time.

 

He's fine. He wasn't really injured. It was just a super secret steroids supsension.

 

He was throwing high 80's, topping out at like 90 or 91 on occasion with no movement. The lack of curve balls is a concern as well. The curve ball puts more strain on the arm, so maybe he was holding it back because of the pain. Either that or the pitch just plain sucks for him right now. I hope he is fine/gets fine so we can get his butt out of town for anything of value, but I think that is a little too optimistic.

 

He was throwing good curves after the first inning.

 

His fastball wasn't fooling anyone, however.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm not really surprised. He's not even close to being ready. I guess the shoulder strain is an out for the season type injury in this case because I don't see him doing anything decent in the big leagues for any kind of stretch for a long time.

 

He's fine. He wasn't really injured. It was just a super secret steroids supsension.

 

He was throwing high 80's, topping out at like 90 or 91 on occasion with no movement. The lack of curve balls is a concern as well. The curve ball puts more strain on the arm, so maybe he was holding it back because of the pain. Either that or the pitch just plain sucks for him right now. I hope he is fine/gets fine so we can get his butt out of town for anything of value, but I think that is a little too optimistic.

 

He was topping out at 92 just like in his last few starts in the minors, but yeah, the movement wasn't there. Mark isn't holding back - his curve was sharp and fantastic his last time out for Iowa. He was throwing it today, it just wasn't effective in the first. It became better after the first.

[illiniguy]

Surely this has to be rock bottom for this franchise, right? I mean the baseball gods sure are a great lot. Dangle perhaps the best young pitcher in a generation in front of us, but only let us really have him for one year. Let him be so good that first year that we make the playoffs with a bad team. Then let our turd for a manager abuse him until he is a shell of himself. Gotta love being a cubs fan. This is just truley depressing.

[TXCubsFan]

Surely this has to be rock bottom for this franchise, right? I mean the baseball gods sure are a great lot. Dangle perhaps the best young pitcher in a generation in front of us, but only let us really have him for one year. Let him be so good that first year that we make the playoffs with a bad team. Then let our turd for a manager abuse him until he is a shell of himself. Gotta love being a cubs fan. This is just truley depressing.

 

Don't you think taking a line drive on the elbow had more impact on Prior's career path?

[YearofDaCubs]

Surely this has to be rock bottom for this franchise, right? I mean the baseball gods sure are a great lot. Dangle perhaps the best young pitcher in a generation in front of us, but only let us really have him for one year. Let him be so good that first year that we make the playoffs with a bad team. Then let our turd for a manager abuse him until he is a shell of himself. Gotta love being a cubs fan. This is just truley depressing.

 

Don't you think taking a line drive on the elbow had more impact on Prior's career path?

Not at all. I think 2003 had more to do with that.

[JGalt73]

Surely this has to be rock bottom for this franchise, right? I mean the baseball gods sure are a great lot. Dangle perhaps the best young pitcher in a generation in front of us, but only let us really have him for one year. Let him be so good that first year that we make the playoffs with a bad team. Then let our turd for a manager abuse him until he is a shell of himself. Gotta love being a cubs fan. This is just truley depressing.

 

Don't you think taking a line drive on the elbow had more impact on Prior's career path?

 

Even with the games missed due to the line drive, Prior still managed to be the 3rd most abused pitcher in baseball last year - just behind the #2 most abused - Carlos Zambrano.

[hawkcub]

Kind of off the beaten path of this thread. But here it goes any way. I went to the game today and when Prior was warming up he was throwing a towel. I found it kinda comical. Has to be comical or else it's just sad.

[srbin84]

Surely this has to be rock bottom for this franchise, right? I mean the baseball gods sure are a great lot. Dangle perhaps the best young pitcher in a generation in front of us, but only let us really have him for one year. Let him be so good that first year that we make the playoffs with a bad team. Then let our turd for a manager abuse him until he is a shell of himself. Gotta love being a cubs fan. This is just truley depressing.

 

Don't you think taking a line drive on the elbow had more impact on Prior's career path?

Not at all. I think 2003 had more to do with that.

 

I'm not going to argue that Prior throws a lot of pitches in his starts, sometimes more than you would like to see (especially with big leads). However, he had one full season where he was very good and healthy. He's been neither since. I can't blame Dusty and the 7 innings per start he gave to the pitcher with the perfect mechanics for ruining his career (part blame, sure, but a lot has to do with the man himself and the types of injuries he has sustained).