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Padres Add Prior to Rotation
Padres Add Prior to Rotation
Hard-luck righty Mark Prior agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres Wednesday, with financial terms undisclosed for the former Chicago Cubs phenom.
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No one else wanted to take a chance on Prior?
Obscure Sports Quarterly — ... I know that it’s an extreme longshot that Mark Prior ever regains his old form. But the Padres only had to give him a $1 million contract to take that chance? ...

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