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Wow, I've never seen the outfield walls covered in poo. I guess that's a spring thing.

It makes the ivy grow.

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So, my man Joolian has opted for free agency after all.

 

bummer. I mean, i was hoping the sox would package him as part of a sweet deal, and that JT was going to Pawtucket just to wait it out, but I guess he either got a different message from the front office, or got impatient.

Did you see that he "misplaced" his World Series ring?

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Calibobblehead and I were there!

Did they play the message from Ghey-Rod?

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there is always next year.

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Diego Padres pitcher Mark Prior will undergo season-ending surgery on his injured right shoulder, the latest medical setback to a once-promising career.

 

Padres manager Bud Black announced the decision to operate before Sunday's game against the San Francisco Giants. Prior, one of the top young pitchers in the game for the Chicago Cubs just a few years ago, has not pitched in the majors since Aug. 10, 2006.

 

He had been trying to make a comeback with his hometown Padres this season, but his rehab process was shut down at extended spring training about two weeks ago when he had more soreness in the shoulder. Prior, 27, had surgery on the same shoulder in April 2007 while with the Cubs.

 

"I can't imagine how frustrated he is," Black said. "It looked like everything was on course. Then to have this happen I'm sure is extremely frustrating. I'm upset for him just because there was such confidence from him about how he felt."

 

The operation to repair the anterior capsule in Prior's shoulder will be performed at Scripps Clinic as early as this week by team orthopedics Dr. Heinz Hoenecke and Dr. Jan Fronek.

 

The Padres won't know when, or if, Prior will be able to pitch again until after the operation.

 

"I think that will be determined once they go in and see what they have to repair," Black said.

 

Prior began throwing in January and was slowly making progress in hopes of a return to the majors. As recently as last month, the Padres still hoped Prior could make it back to the mound this season. But he never made it far enough to appear in a game at any level.

 

"You never know until you really step up the intensity," Black said. "And the fullest test of intensity is game action and he didn't get that far."

 

Prior, who is 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA in his injury-plagued career, last pitched in 2006 when he went 1-6 with a 7.21 ERA in nine games for the Cubs. He was the second overall pick in the 2001 amateur draft out of Southern California and went 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA in 2003, finishing third in NL Cy Young Award balloting in his first full season in the majors.

 

But he has made only 57 starts since 2003 because of injuries to his shoulder, elbow, oblique and Achilles.

 

Black also said that right-hander Cha Seung Baek will start Monday against the Cubs in place of injured lefty Shawn Estes, who broke the thumb on his pitching hand when he fell on the tunnel stairs between the team's clubhouse and dugout Friday in San Francisco.

 

Baek was acquired last week in a trade with Seattle. He struck out the side in the 12th inning to get the win in his Padres debut on Friday night against the Giants.

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Prior, who is 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA in his injury-plagued career

 

It may be callous to ask this question, especially in light of what is obviously a heart breaking news development for Prior, but I wonder how much money Prior has made to, essentially, be an unproductive and disappointing player for his entire career. He may never have gotten the big payday since he got hurt so early. Does anyone know? This guy is clearly one of the most talented ballplayers to never make it as big as he should have made it. Such a shame.

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It may be callous to ask this question, especially in light of what is obviously a heart breaking news development for Prior, but I wonder how much money Prior has made to, essentially, be an unproductive and disappointing player for his entire career. He may never have gotten the big payday since he got hurt so early. Does anyone know? This guy is clearly one of the most talented ballplayers to never make it as big as he should have made it. Such a shame.

I'm not sure about his first couple years, but he made around $3.5-3.6M in 2006 and 2007 with the Cubs and his latest contract with San Diego was $1.0M, but incentive laden, so who knows how much he'll really get.

 

He only had 1 really good year (2003).

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It may be callous to ask this question, especially in light of what is obviously a heart breaking news development for Prior, but I wonder how much money Prior has made to, essentially, be an unproductive and disappointing player for his entire career. He may never have gotten the big payday since he got hurt so early. Does anyone know? This guy is clearly one of the most talented ballplayers to never make it as big as he should have made it. Such a shame.

2003 Chicago Cubs $1,450,000

2004 Chicago Cubs $3,150,000

2005 Chicago Cubs $3,550,000

2006 Chicago Cubs $3,650,000

Career (may be incomplete) $11,800,000

 

Add in a $1 million "incentive laden" contract from SD for this year. He never got Johan Santana-type money, but he should be OK.

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2003 Chicago Cubs $1,450,000

2004 Chicago Cubs $3,150,000

2005 Chicago Cubs $3,550,000

2006 Chicago Cubs $3,650,000

Career (may be incomplete) $11,800,000

 

Add in a $1 million "incentive laden" contract from SD for this year. He never got Johan Santana-type money, but he should be OK.

 

Interesting. I guess with the way that players get paid these days, some teams would certainly pony up what he made in his career to get his 2003 season alone. So it's not like the guy was criminally overpaid for his production. But man, the guy has basically made 10MM in 04-06 to be not much more than a pipe dream.

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Interesting. I guess with the way that players get paid these days, some teams would certainly pony up what he made in his career to get his 2003 season alone. So it's not like the guy was criminally overpaid for his production. But man, the guy has basically made 10MM in 04-06 to be not much more than a pipe dream.

In sports, every contract is a crapshoot. Injuries can happen at any time, and worse - see Thurman Munson and Lyman Bostock.

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