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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Prior was called out by Black Jack McDowel years ago on the air after he got one of his weird injuries, this also explains by the Cubs didn't even offer him a low ball contract and let him walk.
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Not saying Prior is innocent but the Cubs couldn't low ball Prior, you need to know your facts. He probably will not be able to pitch for a portion of next season and the Cubs would have had to go to arbitration to keep him. In doing so they cannot reduce his contract by more than 20%. He'd still be making $3.4 million and his future next season is questionable. Not worth it, especially for a team trying to be sold.
LINK: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/p...?urn=mlb,57634
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Cubs finally give up on Prior
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007 9:15 am EST
Mark Prior
The long, winding, promising and mostly frustrating road of Mark Prior's career came to an inglorious end Wednesday night when the Cubs non-tendered the former rock star of the pitching staff, making him a free agent at 27 according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Unable to trade the rehabbing Prior, general manager Jim Hendry opted to cut him loose rather than face another arbitration process that figured to result in a 2008 salary of about $3.4 million for a pitcher whose surgically repaired shoulder was a question mark for next season.
''It's time to turn the page,'' Prior's agent, John Boggs, said after receiving word from Hendry more than two hours ahead of the 11 p.m. tender deadline. ''And it's already a new horizon for Mark because he's coming off the first surgery of his career, and we anticipate he'll be a productive pitcher in '08.''
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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Black Jack is one to talk..... the stories of him and his nightlife still live in Cleveland.
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