Prior a Padre
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:55 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3168825
Well, he wont be able to pitch at all for the first few months and may not ever get close to his old form, but at 1 million for one year (with incentives could bring it as high as 3 million) its tough to argue with the price.
At worst he's 1 mill in wasted money, at best he's a solid and inexpensive one year rental who will seek bigger bucks elseware next season. The cheapness of the deal indicates that faith in his recovery is pretty low on the open market, and the fact that the big spending Cubbies cut him lose isnt a great sign either.
But hey, the price is right. A rotation of Peavy, Young, Maddux, Prior and Wolfe would be awesome if health permits. That may well prove to be an insurmountable 'if' though.
Also, funny to think how huge landing Edmonds and Prior in the same month would have been viewed only a few offseasons ago.
Well, he wont be able to pitch at all for the first few months and may not ever get close to his old form, but at 1 million for one year (with incentives could bring it as high as 3 million) its tough to argue with the price.
At worst he's 1 mill in wasted money, at best he's a solid and inexpensive one year rental who will seek bigger bucks elseware next season. The cheapness of the deal indicates that faith in his recovery is pretty low on the open market, and the fact that the big spending Cubbies cut him lose isnt a great sign either.
But hey, the price is right. A rotation of Peavy, Young, Maddux, Prior and Wolfe would be awesome if health permits. That may well prove to be an insurmountable 'if' though.
Also, funny to think how huge landing Edmonds and Prior in the same month would have been viewed only a few offseasons ago.