Re: Breaking News! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>CHICAGO (AP) -- Oft-injured Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will miss the entire 2007 season after surgery on his right shoulder, the biggest setback yet in his once-promising career.The 26-year-old Prior had surgery Tuesday by noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. Andrews also worked on Prior's rotator cuff.Prior has been beset by injuries since his first full season in the majors in 2003, when he almost pitched Chicago into its first World Series since 1945.Prior was not on the Cubs' active roster to start the year and was optioned to Triple-A Iowa after a poor spring training. He instead went to extended spring training in Arizona, but pitched only two innings there April 12 before reporting discomfort in his shoulder.The right-hander went to Dr. Lewis Yocum in California before going to see Andrews, who told Prior last October he had genetic looseness in his shoulder joints.Prior is 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA in the majors. He made just nine starts last year for the Cubs after three trips to the disabled list and took a slight pay cut this season, from $3.65 million to $3.575 million.Prior finished third in NL Cy Young voting in 2003, when he 18-6 with a 4.24 ERA and struck out 245 in 211 1-3 innings. He was the overall No. 2 pick in the 2001 draft by the Cubs.</div>
Re: Breaking News! Not suprising....it's amazing how he and Wood can never stay healthy actually...kinda sad actually.
Re: Breaking News! Can Wood be declared out for the season as well so I don't have to hear any more Wood and Prior news? Also, from now on, the Cubs should just sign Wood and Prior to incentive-laden deals with a 500K base salary, so if they ever figure it out, we can have them while at the same time not relying on them and tying up a lot of payroll
Re: Breaking News! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DevinHester23 @ Apr 25 2007, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Can Wood be declared out for the season as well so I don't have to hear any more Wood and Prior news? Also, from now on, the Cubs should just sign Wood and Prior to incentive-laden deals with a 500K base salary, so if they ever figure it out, we can have them while at the same time not relying on them and tying up a lot of payroll</div>Lol. It's sad but it's to the point of where if they were free agents I wouldn't even want the Yankees to spend money on minor league contracts for them. It feels like a waste of time.
Re: Breaking News! what's wrong with a 500K base salary and incentive loaded deals? As long as you plan for them to be injured
Re: Breaking News! Because Prior was on the minor-league disabled list instead of the Cubs' disabled list at the time of the surgery, he will not accrue any major-league service time in '07. That means he won't be eligible for free agency until after '09, even if he returns for the entire '08 season.http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines
