Just a tad OT: Padres say Prior could be ready by May...

by cubs0505 on Feb 2, 2008 9:30 AM CST

Read the entire article here: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7744864/Padres-will-take-it-slow-with-injury-prone-Prior

Hmm. Seems Senor(ita) Prior has magically managed to shrink his timetable. This could be a couple things: The Padres could be simply overestimating the rate of recovery for Prior, or Prior himself could possibly not have been as hurt as he'd been letting on. Personally I think it's the former, but if Prior actually was dragging his heals on his injury simply to spite the Cubs last year, I'd be somewhat peeved.

But, all in all, I'm rooting for him to be pitching by May. Perhaps I've decided to take the high road, wish Mark all the best at his new job, etc.....nahhhhh. My real reason? San Diego visits Wrigley May 12th-15th. How sweet would it be for Prior to make his first start for the Padres at Wrigley, only to be booed by the fans and shelled by the lineup?

OOOH, or better yet, DLee could charge the mound. Just tell him it's Chris Young pitching.

Poll

If the Cubs got a chance to play the Prior-led Padres, Prior would allow

0-3 runs

18 votes

4-7 runs

44 votes

8-10 runs

6 votes

11+ runs

10 votes

78 votes | Poll has closed

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I think

that he will just throw in the towel.

"I lof to hit de home ron!"

by Tekboy on Feb 2, 2008 9:45 AM CST reply actions

Yes, read the entire article.

Read this part in particular:

Prior's agent, John Boggs, advocates a more cautious approach.
"I would hope we wouldn't try to expedite things," Boggs says. "As far as I'm concerned, we didn't want to be in a position where he'd be rushed into duty."

Prior, 27, missed all of last season after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder April 24. He could be major-league ready by mid to late May, according to the timetable outlined by his surgeon, Dr. James Andrews.

"To do it before that starts to cross boundaries of being prudent," Boggs said. "I'd like to see him by the end of May, June 1. I don't want to see it before then. Then I think you're trying to hurry something that shouldn't be hurried.

Isn't that what we used to hear from the Cubs? He'll be ready in May. No, June. No, August. No, next year.

This article borders on nonsense. I don't expect Prior to pitch until August 2008, if at all this year.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 9:47 AM CST reply actions

Maybe they meant

Prior would be ready to extend his DL stay by May?

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Feb 2, 2008 9:51 AM CST up reply actions

Maybe they meant...

... he could start towel drills by then.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 9:56 AM CST up reply actions

Prior is doomed

because he will have to face the upgraded power-packed Cubs lineup, including our new "Dome-Power-Son"!

I see Prior lasting at most 2.3 innings, and his best pitch will be serving up 78 mph powder puff towel balls.

SOMEDAY…

"If they won a world championship, sure, we'd be proud. But we couldn't love them any more than we already do " -anonymous Cub fan

by hellfreezesoverwaittillnextyear on Feb 2, 2008 11:15 PM CST up reply actions

Speaking of ex-Cubs...

...Paul Bako is now on the Reds. Well, at least he has a minor-league deal with them.

I has a blog.

by cwyers on Feb 2, 2008 10:18 AM CST reply actions

Is Dusty...

... trying to reconstitute the 2003 Cubs? Who's next, Troy O'Leary? Dave Veres? Mike Remlinger? Randall Simon?

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

I think we all know by now...

...that part of Dusty's MO is getting players he's comfortable with, "his boys" as I think Scott Wiliamson put it.

The problem with this method is:

Dusty is not the keenest evaluator of baseball talent.
His favorite sons continue to get older, thus lowering their value further.

I has a blog.

by cwyers on Feb 2, 2008 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

Well...

... I suppose Tony Womack, Rey Ordonez, and Enrique Wilson are still available.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

Seriously, Al...

...how have you neglected to mention Neifi by this point? Absolutely criminal.

I has a blog.

by cwyers on Feb 2, 2008 10:53 AM CST up reply actions

Figured that would be obvious.

Here are some guys he'd have to trade for: Freddie Bynum and Jose Macias.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 11:00 AM CST up reply actions

I don't think Macias...

...can be traded until June, because he signed as a free agent.

And then you'd have to explain to me why you think the Pirates would be willing to trade him within the division.

(Okay, now seriously: Macias is on a minor league deal with a NRI. So, when the Pirates cut him out of camp - how long until the Reds sign him? We could even start a pool on this.)

I has a blog.

by cwyers on Feb 2, 2008 11:19 AM CST up reply actions

I'll take three seconds.

n/t

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 11:26 AM CST up reply actions

Awww, man.

You can't forget about Holly, dude!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Feb 2, 2008 4:38 PM CST up reply actions

and I bet he already thinks

that he has the Alex Gonzalez from the Cubs on his team...

Live is boring until March 31st strolls by..

by Chanman25 on Feb 2, 2008 6:09 PM CST up reply actions

Dusty needs

a real good GM to be successful. And I mean, a real, real good one that makes all the roster decisions.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Feb 2, 2008 11:01 AM CST up reply actions

Maybe...

... that's why the Reds hired Jocketty.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 2, 2008 11:11 AM CST up reply actions

Could be

n/t

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Feb 2, 2008 2:17 PM CST up reply actions

Prior Will Be Ready By Early May...

...2009.

This is the Cubs new #1!

by initram on Feb 2, 2008 10:56 AM CST reply actions

I'm going to save a lot of posters some time

and post the obligatory response any time Prior's name comes up.

Mark Prior is more evil than Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and Dusty Baker combined. If Dante were alive today, Mark Prior and his dad would replace Judas and Brutus in the mouth of the devil, being chewed on for eternity. And if I was able to read that account and meditate on it and nothing else for an entire day, my anger against the Evil Priors would still not be sated.
Mark Prior will never pitch again, and if ever it appears that he is pitching, it will be a San Diego conspiracy, where some unknown Australian pitcher was surgically altered to look like Prior, with calf and thigh implants and facial reconstruction.
If by some Faustian deal, Prior was able to pitch in a T-Ball league somewhere, even I, my 6-month-old, and Ryan Theriot would hit Grand Slams on the first three plate appearances in the game.

Dunn, Duncan, Lee, Bay, and now Braun... I hope the Cubs are practicing hitting to LF!

by DGU on Feb 2, 2008 10:59 AM CST reply actions

You forgot one thing

referring to Prior as , "The Employee".

"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Feb 2, 2008 3:07 PM CST up reply actions

Mark Prior made me forget; it's his fault

but I can fix that now:

4. The Employee should be sued for stealing company property. After all, he forced Jim Hendry to throw billions and billions of dollars down the toilet that was his rehabbing arm. And he didn't even write a thank you note! The Employee should try to be more like Kerry Wood and dye his hair blond and grow a goatee.

Dunn, Duncan, Lee, Bay, and now Braun... I hope the Cubs are practicing hitting to LF!

by DGU on Feb 2, 2008 3:56 PM CST up reply actions

If they try him in May....

he's dead.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Feb 2, 2008 7:00 PM CST reply actions

I hope the Cubs face him

The May series is too early, maybe in June if any of these reports are accurate. I always like it when we face a starting pitcher that tops out at 84mph with a flat curve ball.

by Nibbles on Feb 2, 2008 7:49 PM CST reply actions

Thanks for posting my material.

I'll try a different tactic.
Shamu will develop a split-finger fast ball before the SDHS grad ever throws a pitch in anger.

How about that?

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Feb 2, 2008 10:03 PM CST reply actions

Shamu has a live flipper...

The Pads might want to take a look at him.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Feb 2, 2008 10:34 PM CST up reply actions

prior

only the cubs could have the 2 best pitchers,a.k.a. prior/wood and have them both go down in flames.all part of the curse i guess.prior is not a cub anymore and not worth writing about anymore

by NOMAR on Feb 3, 2008 12:13 PM CST reply actions

for real.....

i'm with you nomar!tired subject matter to say the least.

by cubz409 on Feb 3, 2008 1:30 PM CST reply actions

well, ive written this before

I had fairly sever shoulder surgery in June, now obviously I also am an employee therefore am not rehabbing all the time, nor do I follow the strict program that well. But still nearly 7.5 months later and I am waiting for the snow to melt to start a throwing program. By that I mean 5 mins of throwing at 10 feet distance and increase that over time.

Prior had a different surgery but simmliar in severity. Doubt hes anywhere near Wrigley May 12.

BTW, I made the college team for 1 DAY!!!! I was in so much pain throwing but it didnt matter I wanted on that team, then couldnt lift by arm for a while, and eventually it busted good in a softball league. I maxed out at 86 MPH and averged 81. I was an outfielder but asked the coach what he wanted and he said LHP, which I almost was, well the lefty part. 1 of 3 people to make the team and had to bow out right after that

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Feb 4, 2008 9:41 AM CST reply actions