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Madtowntripper
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The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey...
#7769320 - 12/17/07 12:16 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yanks/Mets Looking at Mark Prior
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Yankees, Mets look into Mark Prior
BY ANTHONY McCARRON DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Mark Prior might make a move to one of the New York teams.
Mark Prior might make a move to one of the New York teams.
The possibility of the Yankees and Mets competing for a big-name pitcher always puts sizzle into a free-agent chase, but it remains to be seen how deep the two teams get into discussions over rehabbing righty Mark Prior, the ex-Cub.
Both have expressed "preliminary interest" in Prior, John Boggs, the pitcher's agent, said yesterday. "But it hasn't been anything more than that. Next week will probably be pretty busy."
Boggs says 11 teams have expressed interest in his client, who likely will be ready to pitch in the majors by the end of May.
Prior, whose promising career has been derailed by injuries, was non-tendered by Chicago last week. Prior had arthroscopic surgery last season on his shoulder in which noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews did some repair work to his rotator cuff and labrum.
"He's playing catch right now and Dr. Andrews and his physical therapist feel like he's progressing nicely," Boggs said. "Mark is a guy who has no problem working hard. Barring anything unforeseen, he's going to be just fine. If we don't rush him, he could be very successful."
Prior, who is just 27, was ineffective in nine starts for the Cubs last season but he once seemed like one of the game's future aces. In 2003, he was 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA and had Cubs fans dreaming of an awesome 1-2 combination with Kerry Wood, who has also been slowed by injuries.
The Yankees drafted Prior in the supplemental round of the 1998 draft as a high schooler, but failed to sign him - he turned down a $1.5 million offer that the team made a few months after the draft, a signing strategy executives rued afterward. Prior went to college instead - Vanderbilt and Southern Cal - and later signed for $10.5 million.
The Yankees' potential interest is "always exciting," Boggs said. "But I want to caution you that we've only had preliminary talks. Things can change. They're back in (trade talks for Johan) Santana, aren't they?
"I don't know what the level or pace is going to be. We're looking at the interested teams and we'll explore a team if it's a go
od fit."
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zappaisgod
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Re: The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey... [Re: Madtowntripper]
#7770842 - 12/17/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mets I can see. Yanks? I don't think so.
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Madtowntripper
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Re: The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey... [Re: zappaisgod]
#7770873 - 12/17/07 06:30 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would think its the kind of project you guys would pick up.
A 2 year reconstruction project with a high upside.
ala Carl Pavano, except Prior can actually pitch.
-------------------- After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action. If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it. - Ernest Hemingway If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent. -Cormac MacCarthy He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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zappaisgod
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Re: The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey... [Re: Madtowntripper]
#7770975 - 12/17/07 06:55 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Until we got the asshole he wasn't constantly injured.
The Yanks are clearly going with their own unbroken babies. I think this is agentspeak for "somebody please bid a lot." Prior could have been great. Too bad. I don't see anybody coming up with the big bucks but throwing "Yankees" in the ring sure tends to drum up a little respect. Given the Hanksters unwillingness to be played I wouldn't be surprised if he makes some kind of "I wouldn't take him if my grandma begged me statement". Then again, if he really has no interest maybe he'll make the suckers overbid.
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Re: The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey... [Re: zappaisgod]
#7772586 - 12/18/07 01:29 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I really wish I could hate Dusty Baker. Or the curse of the goat. Or the Cubs. Whatever. I cheered with glee only minutes (yes, actual minutes fools) after the Twins made the only logical choice and had to pass on Prior in the draft. I will never forget '02 and what could have been. And I will NOT be surprised if he goes on to have a very good, if not great career (lying on a beach with all that $$) from here on in.
Where's the HGH when we need it??
Edited by whattheheck (12/18/07 01:31 AM)
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Re: The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey... [Re: whattheheck]
#7775175 - 12/18/07 07:36 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I remember when some baseball folks were projecting Prior to be the next Maddux. He definitely has fell off after his injury.
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Re: The only thing that would make buy a Yankee's jersey... [Re: trent]
#7824435 - 01/02/08 05:12 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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The only way I would buy a Yankees jersey would be if I planned to desecrate it somehow. Even then I would prefer to steal one from some asshole Yankee fan, so as not to contribute even a tiny bit of extra money to the Yankees organization.
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