ESPN Article

by steinmer on Nov 28, 2007 4:15 PM CST

I didn't see this anywhere else, so I thought I would post it. The Cubs (and some former Cubs) are mentioned several times in this ESPN article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove07/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=3131579&l pos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos1

Several Highlights

We aren't the only one's interested in Kuroda

Glendon Rusch's agent "has been fielding a lot of calls"

Mark Prior. Enough Said.

Jason Marquis is listed under the heading "Salary Dumps". Interesting.

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If the Cubs decide to cut Prior loose, the line will stretch around the block. When asked how many clubs would have an interest in Prior if he's suddenly free in December, one NL executive replied, "Twenty-nine."

That alone is the reason to tender him.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. -- Lee Constantine Elia, 1983.

by krummy12 on Nov 28, 2007 4:06 PM CST reply actions

So the Cubs pay him to rehab

and he walks after next year? No thanks. Either a 2 year deal now or let him walk.

by rlpete on Nov 28, 2007 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Bad Blood

The article does mention some 'hard feelings'.
I don't think the question is "Do the Cubs want Prior?", it's "Does Prior want to be a Cub?"

by steinmer on Nov 28, 2007 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

It's a little of both, I think.

That's the reason, as someone else pointed out, that this "trade block" thing might have leaked. The Cubs are saying, "Yes, we want you, but we're not going to come crawling to you."

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Nov 28, 2007 5:16 PM CST up reply actions

Well Prior is....

Mark Prior is an employee...I have a feeling that comment still doesn't sit well in Cub offices.

by ak123 on Nov 28, 2007 7:02 PM CST up reply actions

Prior's Employee Comment

I can't imagine the Cubs really give a tinker's damn that Prior exhibited frustration at being sent down. Who wouldn't say something like that in a similar situation? Mark just happens to have said that with microphones in his face. BFD.

PERRY!!!!

by Goat Whisperer on Nov 28, 2007 7:48 PM CST up reply actions

BFD???

Not with all the pants shitting that went on here when he said it.

RAMIREZ!! PRIOR!!

by PriorandAramisfan23 on Nov 29, 2007 3:30 AM CST up reply actions

Wow that article made Silva seem really attractive

He's not a bad guy to kick the tires on. If we could trade Marquis, that would be awesome. He's not a bad guy to have starting at No. 4 or No. 5 but Hendry overpayed for him.

by IllinoisCubs on Nov 28, 2007 5:34 PM CST reply actions

You know we could be

Pirate fans and have that wonderful salary of Matt Morris hanging around your neck. What the Pirates were thinking only God knows, goodness.
Sign Prior, make a fair offer, 2yrs at 10M, laced with incentives.
If someone would take Marquis,(which I doubt), move him faster than Bob Hayes.

by Johnny Callison was a Cub on Nov 28, 2007 6:13 PM CST reply actions