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by **SignGuy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:29 pm

Keeping the fingers crossed. Mark march 5 on the calendar.

From rotoworld

Mark Prior (shoulder) threw to live hitters Wednesday, reportedly "cutting loose with his fastball and showing off his breaking ball."

Prior is scheduled to throw on the side once more before making a start Monday against the Mariners.

i honeslty truly believe he makes 28-30 starts this year. this looks like the year. call me crazy sure, but hes been strengthening his shoulder all offseason and has been shut down since mid-late last year..... dont go overboard but i think i'll be bumping him up a few spots if he makes it through fridays start with no setbacks

by **BillyHallDisciple** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:24 pm

Good luck with all that. Mark Prior is dead to me.

by **chadlincoln** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:24 pm

SOUTHSIDE HITMEN wrote:Stay away..far far away!!! The Cubs aren't even counting on him for much this year from what I hear on the radio.

He's worth a late round flier at best.

by **stealthdevil** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:29 pm

Your loss. I'm still high on him.

by **guffee** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:36 pm

Prior got shelled and yanked. His pitches were all high and his breaking ball wasn't breaking. He recorded 4 outs and gave up 3 runs on back-to-back doubles. he gave up 3 2-baggerson the outing. Rust or red flags?

by **Geek** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:39 pm

guffee wrote:Prior got shelled and yanked. His pitches were all high and his breaking ball wasn't breaking. He recorded 4 outs and gave up 3 runs on back-to-back doubles. he gave up 3 2-baggerson the outing. Rust or red flags?

We won't know anything until the game's over.

I'm sure there was some rust involved.

by **Secret Avatar** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:40 pm

The intel I'm getting is that his fastball topped out at . . . 83 mph :-o

by **SignGuy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:18 am

he admitted he wasnt finishing his pitches. for it being his first ST start in 2 years it makes sense to not throw your hardest. He wasnt good obviously but he didnt bring his full arsenal. he actually had a perfect 1st. as long as his harm isnt hurting i see it as a positive for now.

by **SignGuy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:19 am

Secret Avatar wrote:The intel I'm getting is that his fastball topped out at . . . 83 mph

rotoworld says 87,ph but who knows.

by **stealthdevil** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:11 pm

First start of the Spring. Thats why there's Spring Training, so guys can work out problems and make adjustments.

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