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Prior headed to the minor leagues
March 12th, 2007 (03:24 pm)
Mark Prior has had some issues getting his stuff back and will be headed to the minor leagues to straighten things out. He has not return to his normal form. This could end up as downward spiral for him. The attempt is to give him less stress while he pitches. This hopefully gives him a good mid season return but I would imagine it will be doubtful. It looks like there will be a possibility of Angel Guzman, Carlos Mumol and Jeff Samardzija to make the starting role. That doesn’t leave out any others to bid for the spot either. The one thing that you got to like about Lou is he has a reason for every thing he is doing. If he thinks that someone doesn’t fit what he is looking for in a pitcher than they will need to spend time making the adjustment. Prior has not looked like himself since 2003 and 2004. When he tried to come back last year it was like watching a pitcher get mule kicked at the same time he was pitching. He had absolutely no mechanics in his throwing ability and it wasn’t as smooth as it once was.
Prior has a lot of rework to do and hopefully he will be able to find that star form he once had. We also can’t forget the consistency of Sean Marshall last year. Even though he didn’t finish the year out he has really came through when the Cubs needed him.
