Where would you draft Prior in relation to other pitchers?

[raiders_umpire]

i have prior 4th...


rj
santana
schilling
prior

[Mustangs989]

Right now I have it....
Santana
Prior
RJ

But if RJ does indeed go to the Yanks then he moves ahead of Prior IMO.

[btownfu]

I would have to put prior ahead of schilling, if you are to say their injuries are a wash i think prior leapfrogs schilling and you can even make a case for pedro now pitching in shea

[slomo007]

RJ
Santana
Schmidt
Oswalt
Hudson
Peavy
Prior

[wrveres]

Ok now don't get me wrong, I am a huge Jacob Peavy fan. But may I ask, what is the rational as to rating him higher than Mark Prior? Is it injury concerns? Cus I clearly remember Peavy missing most of May and all of June last season.

I mean Peavy will never have a K/9 like Prior, and if you banking on Jacobs ERA repeating, that seems a bit foolish don't ya think?

[AKhomebrewer]

The difficulty here is trying to discuss Prior's value in December. It all depends on how he shakes out in spring training, obviously. Right now, I'd target him in round 3-4 as a late top-10 starter. But if he rolls into April at 100 percent, then I'm looking at

Santana
Prior
RJ
Schmidt
... et al

[Cornbread Maxwell]

Ok now don't get me wrong, I am a huge Jacob Peavy fan. But may I ask, what is the rational as to rating him higher than Mark Prior? Is it injury concerns? Cus I clearly remember Peavy missing most of May and all of June last season.

I mean Peavy will never have a K/9 like Prior, and if you banking on Jacobs ERA repeating, that seems a bit foolish don't ya think?

wv - dont you know - the only thing that matters is what they did last yr. Since Prior was injured and Peavy had a great season, its bound to continue that way. Nevermind that Prior was considered by most people one of the best young arms to enter the majors in a decade - he's "injury prone", see? Nevermind that the surgery he underwent is very common and the success rate for a full recovery is extremely high. Peavy wasnt injured and had a better season - therefore he should be ranked higher. Ben Sheets too.

For those with sarcasm detectors, they should be going off right about now.

[wrveres]

Ben Sheets too.

lmao ..

yeah I was going to comment on that one too. But I figured it was best to just focus on the home front.

[slomo007]

Ok now don't get me wrong, I am a huge Jacob Peavy fan. But may I ask, what is the rational as to rating him higher than Mark Prior? Is it injury concerns? Cus I clearly remember Peavy missing most of May and all of June last season.

I mean Peavy will never have a K/9 like Prior, and if you banking on Jacobs ERA repeating, that seems a bit foolish don't ya think?

wv - dont you know - the only thing that matters is what they did last yr. Since Prior was injured and Peavy had a great season, its bound to continue that way. Nevermind that Prior was considered by most people one of the best young arms to enter the majors in a decade - he's "injury prone", see? Nevermind that the surgery he underwent is very common and the success rate for a full recovery is extremely high. Peavy wasnt injured and had a better season - therefore he should be ranked higher. Ben Sheets too.

For those with sarcasm detectors, they should be going off right about now.

Peavy is a solid young pitcher in a fantastic pitchers' ballpark. Prior is an amazing young pitcher coming off an injury in the toughest offensive division in the NL, possibly in the Majors. I will admit that Peavy was borderline above Prior, but I just trust him more this season for some reason...call it personal preference I guess.

[Tavish]

Ok now don't get me wrong, I am a huge Jacob Peavy fan. But may I ask, what is the rational as to rating him higher than Mark Prior? Is it injury concerns? Cus I clearly remember Peavy missing most of May and all of June last season.

I mean Peavy will never have a K/9 like Prior, and if you banking on Jacobs ERA repeating, that seems a bit foolish don't ya think?

For much the same reason I would take Peavy over Sheets or Zambrano. God knows all the pitchers has great talent but I am completely unsold on how good any of them will be in 2005. I err on the side of the park they pitch in and that puts Peavy ahead. From the looks of things with so many having Prior #1 or #2 I most likely won't even have to make that choice.