Cubs May Trade Mark Prior

trade him to the Yanks to replace Joba in 8th! lol

I thought I'd read that Prior and his agent appealed to the players union because the cubs sent him to the minors so he wouldn't accrue service time, but he was actually hurt before being sent to the minors. Therefore, he would accrue service time. If I remember correctly he'll be eligible for free agency after August 2008, or something weird like that.

Please tim for the love of god stop the talking ads - those of us at work don't need to broadcast to the rest of the office we may have won an xbox lol. Oh - and just to be on topic - I beleive Dave is right - there was a grievance filed but I don't remember the outcome

Looking at it from aqn investment viewpoint it actually makes sense to keep and try to salvage him.

If you bought a stock at $20 and it wnet down to $2 your a moron if you sell unless, like in the Enron situation, there's no way it can recover. You hold that stock, and maybe even buy more, and hope for it to turn around, trying to recoup some, if not all, of your losses.

The Cubs bought Prior high out of college with a major league contract. To sell low is a waste of your invest.

Its like that...kind of. It would be more like the $20 stock hit $2 and you were either forced to buy more at $4, or sell what you have.

Non-tendering means "not offering him a contract."

One of his [many] injuries was really unlucky--that Brad Hawpe liner--but the most recent one is his shoulder. Elbows can be repaired pretty easily these days with TJ surgery being so commonplace, but there's no shoulder equvilient yet. That said, all of his longterm DL stints have been as a result of his shoulder, so maybe the surgery cleaned it up this time. He's an all-or-nothing risk the Cubs should take, especially on the cheap. If he pans out and stays healthy (yes, there's a chance), he has the potential to win 15+ games.

Cubs World Champs please B4 I die,

I'd take the 2005 version of Mark Prior for $3.5M this year over Jason Marquis, Sean Marshall, Ryan Dempster and most of the current free agent pitchers.

1.21 WHIP, 10.15 K's/9IP, 3.67 ERA, 20 of his 27 starts were QS.

You cant just up and dump such a large investment. Sign him for 08 with an 09 option. Give him $3m for 08. Its hard to imagine him not being able to make 10 starts in 08. Him making 10 starts for us as a healthy pitcher is better than Dempster, Marshall, or Marquis makin a combine 30 starts.

The Cubs should look into Griffey Jr. and Mike Hampton, they'd fit in perfectly.

I don't think he is going to be healthy for the start of the season, is he?

I strongly doubt we're even having this conversation if Mark Prior was open to the type of deal Hendry would like to sign him to -- low base with sizeable incentives this year, and a team option for 2009 (even a real generous one).

The fact that such a deal has not been agreed to makes me think Prior doesn't want to give up control of his 2009 season.

That's what has the Cubs in such a pickle.

As was outlined, the Cubs' worst case scenario is to pay him yet again to do mostly rehab work, and then watch him bolt as a free agent just when he's primed to return to form.

Regardless of how much the Cubs have invested here, that's throwing away good money after bad, poorly-conceived stock market analogies notwithstanding.

B level prospect maybe? I can't imagine the value is all that great...

Can anyone tell me why the Cubs don't make a pitch for Santana? Shouldn't Pie, Marmol, and Rich Hill get it done? In fact, can anyone tell me why the Cubs have done practically nothing this offseason? What are they waiting for?

'If you bought a stock at $20 and it wnet down to $2 your a moron if you sell unless, like in the Enron situation, there's no way it can recover. You hold that stock, and maybe even buy more, and hope for it to turn around, trying to recoup some, if not all, of your losses.'

This is a great way to lose alot of money.

Your point is true if nothing changes in your stock and it unexpectedly goes down. Something has changed in the Prior stock. Prior has continually released terrible results (i.e. injuries) and he is legitimately valued at $2. The only question now is what is his future worth? If you think it's higher than what you can get in return then you keep him. If he's not worth the contract you have to given then you trade him.

"This is a great way to lose alot of money."

Another buy high sell low guy. How's your portfolio doing?