Apparently, the former Chicago Cubs ace is on the comeback trail, as the Yankees offered him a minor league contract this week. Prior will make $750,000 if he manages to make it back to the big leagues, and $750,000 more if he reaches certain pitching milestones.
It's been quite a while since the right-hander was relevant. He went 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA in 2003, an All-Star season with the Cubs in which he finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting. Man, those were the days.
After that, the 30-year-old Prior endured a laundry list of injuries and hasn't thrown from a major league mound since 2006, a season before the Cubs cut ties with him once and for all. Since then, he's undergone surgery and pitched one shut-out inning for the AAA Oklahoma Redhawks.
Good luck buddy!
[New York Daily News]
2 comments:
I used to love Mark Prior back in the day. Thank god the Twins chose Joe Mauer in the 2001 draft instead of him!!
THe pic of him in a sling was a nice touch.
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