Any chance of nursing Mark Prior back to health?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Mark Prior-S- Padres Jan. 29 - 7:40 pm et

 

According to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com, Mark Prior (shoulder) is throwing off a mound in California.

 

And we call that progress. "Mark has been through so many timelines, at this point I'm almost allergic to the word," Prior's agent John Boggs said. "But he's out there. He's getting himself ready. And when he's ready, I'm sure you'll hear a lot about him. Then we'll invite teams to come watch him throw. And hopefully, he'll be the next Ben Sheets." Well, they are similarly snakebit, but he won't come anywhere close to the coin Sheets landed with Oakland. Prior, 29, hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since 2006.

 

Im just saying, what harm could a minor league deal with an invite do?

[Derwood]

Mark Prior-S- Padres Jan. 29 - 7:40 pm et

 

According to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com, Mark Prior (shoulder) is throwing off a mound in California.

 

And we call that progress. "Mark has been through so many timelines, at this point I'm almost allergic to the word," Prior's agent John Boggs said. "But he's out there. He's getting himself ready. And when he's ready, I'm sure you'll hear a lot about him. Then we'll invite teams to come watch him throw. And hopefully, he'll be the next Ben Sheets." Well, they are similarly snakebit, but he won't come anywhere close to the coin Sheets landed with Oakland. Prior, 29, hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since 2006.

 

Im just saying, what harm could a minor league deal with an invite do?

 

Create a distraction and waste everyone's time

[Southpaw191679666239]

Mark Prior-S- Padres Jan. 29 - 7:40 pm et

 

According to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com, Mark Prior (shoulder) is throwing off a mound in California.

 

And we call that progress. "Mark has been through so many timelines, at this point I'm almost allergic to the word," Prior's agent John Boggs said. "But he's out there. He's getting himself ready. And when he's ready, I'm sure you'll hear a lot about him. Then we'll invite teams to come watch him throw. And hopefully, he'll be the next Ben Sheets." Well, they are similarly snakebit, but he won't come anywhere close to the coin Sheets landed with Oakland. Prior, 29, hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since 2006.

 

Im just saying, what harm could a minor league deal with an invite do?

 

Create a distraction and waste everyone's time

 

Ding-ding-ding!

[Cubbie Swagger]

I would have no problem giving Prior a minor league deal or a league minimum contract.

[Southpaw191679666239]

I'd say this ... if he was signed to a minor league deal with no invite to spring training and just focused on "rehabbing" and seeing what he has left at this point, then fine. I don't want to hear about it all spring and having the actual team being an afterthought.

[E.J.]

Mark Prior will never again be a Chicago Cub. It's time to move on.

[Sammy Sofa]

Is the "harm" caused by the "distraction" of a Prior ML offer more or less real than a clubhouse cancer? What about playing the game the right way? I need to update my charts.

[EhDubya]

I'd say this ... if he was signed to a minor league deal with no invite to spring training and just focused on "rehabbing" and seeing what he has left at this point, then fine. I don't want to hear about it all spring and having the actual team being an afterthought.

 

If we wasted any more money on a guy who has spent the past 4 years rehabbing who would then still need more rehabbing I would burn wrigley down.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'd say this ... if he was signed to a minor league deal with no invite to spring training and just focused on "rehabbing" and seeing what he has left at this point, then fine. I don't want to hear about it all spring and having the actual team being an afterthought.

 

If we wasted any more money on a guy who has spent the past 4 years rehabbing who would then still need more rehabbing I would burn wrigley down.

 

Spaz.

[Tim M]

Dude, it's over.

[Cubbie Swagger]

Is the "harm" caused by the "distraction" of a Prior ML offer more or less real than a clubhouse cancer? What about playing the game the right way? I need to update my charts.

Having a "clubhouse cancer" on your team can affect the performance of other players. Not as much as some people think it does (like blaming a failed season on a single player, for example), but you can't say it's not real. The concept of team chemistry DOES exist.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Is the "harm" caused by the "distraction" of a Prior ML offer more or less real than a clubhouse cancer? What about playing the game the right way? I need to update my charts.

Having a "clubhouse cancer" on your team can affect the performance of other players. Not as much as some people think it does (like blaming a failed season on a single player, for example), but you can't say it's not real. The concept of team chemistry DOES exist.

 

Here we go again with the clubhouse cncer discussion. In Football or Basketball, where everyone on the field or court has to work together as a unit, then MAYBE Id by the clubhouse cancer argeument, but in baseball, I really dont get it. If you dont like a guy, then suddenly you cant hit the ball? If your a shortstop or second baseman, you hate the guy in right field spo much that you make a crap play? In baseball, it really makes 0 sense.

[USSoccer]

The correct answer is that he'd never sign with us again unless we offered him a pile of money placed on top of another pile of money, surrounded by many beautiful ladies.

 

And even then he wouldn't.

 

And Hendry wouldn't do it either.

[Southpaw191679666239]

The correct answer is that he'd never sign with us again unless we offered him a pile of money placed on top of another pile of money, surrounded by many beautiful ladies.

 

And even then he wouldn't.

 

And Hendry wouldn't do it either.

 

The last line of your post contradicts the line in your sig. ;)

[EhDubya]

I'd say this ... if he was signed to a minor league deal with no invite to spring training and just focused on "rehabbing" and seeing what he has left at this point, then fine. I don't want to hear about it all spring and having the actual team being an afterthought.

 

If we wasted any more money on a guy who has spent the past 4 years rehabbing who would then still need more rehabbing I would burn wrigley down.

 

Spaz.

 

I'm a spaz because I think paying Mark Prior more money to not play baseball is lunacy? Okay...

[EhDubya]

I'd say this ... if he was signed to a minor league deal with no invite to spring training and just focused on "rehabbing" and seeing what he has left at this point, then fine. I don't want to hear about it all spring and having the actual team being an afterthought.

 

If we wasted any more money on a guy who has spent the past 4 years rehabbing who would then still need more rehabbing I would burn wrigley down.

 

Spaz.

 

I'm a spaz because I think paying Mark Prior more money to not play baseball is lunacy? Okay...

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm a spaz because I think paying Mark Prior more money to not play baseball is lunacy? Okay...

 

Your a spaz because you'd threaten to burn anything down over something that some how has less than zero chance of happening and you seem to think any team, even the Cubs, would just throw money at him without seeing him pitch and evaluating what he might be able to do.

[17 Seconds]

i'd rather throw money at mark prior than guys like aaron miles

[haubrich91]

i'd rather throw money at mark prior than guys like aaron miles

 

I don't know anyone who wouldn't.

[A-Cal]

what the crap fellas!?!?!?

 

[expletive] blasphemy!!!

 

aarons miles is the bestest evar!!

 

:clapping:

[Soul]

I thought Prior didn't like the Cubs anymore precisely because we wouldn't keep giving him money to not pitch.

[Clem Fandango]

I thought Prior didn't like the Cubs anymore precisely because we wouldn't keep giving him money to not pitch.

 

IIRC correctly we offered him the same contract San Diego offered him and he chose San Diego because he also wanted out of Chicago to be closer to home

[Ocu-Master]

Having a "clubhouse cancer" on your team can affect the performance of other players. Not as much as some people think it does (like blaming a failed season on a single player, for example), but you can't say it's not real. The concept of team chemistry DOES exist.

 

Awesome, so they finally found the chemical that causes poor clubhouse chemistry? We should all hope that this could one day lead to a cure for Milton Bradley syndrome.

[EhDubya]

I'm a spaz because I think paying Mark Prior more money to not play baseball is lunacy? Okay...

 

Your a spaz because you'd threaten to burn anything down over something that some how has less than zero chance of happening and you seem to think any team, even the Cubs, would just throw money at him without seeing him pitch and evaluating what he might be able to do.

 

I honestly didn't think anyone would take my firebomb threat seriously. I will use green font next time for you. I never insinuated that the Cubs would sign a player without watching him pitch, rather, the post I was responding to was suggesting a deal where Prior would still need rehab, thus, a contract for a career rehabber to continue to rehab. Relax.

[Sammy Sofa]

OK, psycho.