Prior to pitch close to home, agrees with Padres

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"Prior to pitch close to home" is a little optimistic, no?
On the bright side, Mark is 7-0 with a miniscule 0.00 ERA in simulated games since 2006.

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  He should at least be photographed in a Padres uniform at some point.
  
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Padres Add Prior to Rotation
Babes Love Baseball — ... latest of career-derailing fiascoes. At 27, Prior has a 42-29 career record with a 3.51 ERA. He enjoyed his best year in the infamous 2003 Cubs season, when he boasted an 18-6 record with a 2.43 ERA, helping his club get within one victory of reaching the World Series. Prior joins a rotation that already includes NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy, Ivy League right-hander Chris Young, veteran Greg Maddux and lefty Randy Wolf. [ESPN] | [A League of Her Own] | [MLB Fleece Factor] | [Gaslamp ...

News: Mark Prior signs with Padres
MetsBlog.com — According to Buster Olney at ESPN.com, free-agent RHP Mark Prior has agreed to sign with the Padres.

Bye-bye, Buttercup
A League of Her Own — ... Well, it's official: Mark Prior has signed with the Padres. Whether he'll pitch again in 2008 is up in the air (depending on who you listen to), but I think we can finally get some closure here. ...

Mark Prior signs with the Padres, is ours, bitches!
Gaslamp Ball — This is me being excited over the news that we got Prior. If Wolf and Prior stay healthy, then this is the best rotation in the NL. I'll say it right now. Jake Peavy, Chris Young, Greg Maddux, Randy Wolf, Mark Prior. That's sick. ...

Mark Prior Off the Market
Mets Today — Another one bites the dust. As many had expected, Mark Prior signed with the San Diego Padres. We don’t yet know the details, but it’s likely a one-year deal. It makes a lot of sense from Prior’s point of view. First, he’ll be pitching in a decidedly pitcher’s park; second, he’ll be in a nice warm climate; third, he won’t be counted on to be an ace; fourth, he’ll have a fairly good bullpen behind him; and finally, he was born and raised in San Diego and continues to make his home there. Based on all the ...

Prior Chooses San Diego
MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED. — ... Buster Olney of ESPN.com is reporting that after all the courting and rumors, Mark Prior has agreed to a deal with the San Diego Padres in the end. The terms of the deal were not known at this time. An announcement is expected sometime on Wednesday. ...

Prior Signs With Padres
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Ah, some real news. ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the Padres have reached an agreement with Mark Prior. ...

Cross One Off the Shopping List
C70 At The Bat — Mark Prior is going to pitch for the Padres . While I would have liked the Cardinals to get him, the fact that he just wanted a one-year deal–and, apparently, that’s what he got from San Diego–wouldn’t have worked out for St. Louis during their rebuilding year. However, if he has a strong 2008 (whatever portion he actually pitches) the Cards should keep him in mind for ‘09.

Olney: Prior signs with Padres
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog — ... Prior receives a one-year major league deal with $1 million base salary. The contract, which doesn't include an option, contains incentive clauses that could take the total value of the deal to over $3 million. (ESPN) ...

Franchise Relocation
The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog — ... Prior returns to his Southern California roots and a spacious ballpark to try and get his career back on track on a one year deal for one million with incentives that could take it up over three million. I guess the medical reports weren’t all that scary that supposedly turned the Padres off from a trade with the Cubs. ...

From the Wire....Prior Agrees to Terms with the Padres
ChicagoCubsOnline.com — According to reports on ESPN and Fox Sports, Mark Prior has agreed to a 1-year deal with the San Diego Padres. The Major League deal does not include an option for 2009 and with incentives could pay Prior more than $3 million in 2008. ...

San Diego...Where Cub Castoffs Go To Die
VFTB — Michael Barrett, Greg Maddux, Glendon Rusch, Shawn Estes, and now....Mark Prior (Source). The Cubs non-tendered the former first round pick earlier this month and the Padres have signed him to a one-year deal with a $1 million base and incentives. Prior and his agent made it clear that they didn't want to sign anything more than a one year deal and the Cubs weren't willing to invest any more money in him without the promise that he would come back in 2009 if they paid for rehab in 2008. San Diego appears willing to take a chance on him. I admit, when it ...

Padres Snag Prior
Sabernomics — ... The San Diego Padres are the big winners. They are paying $1 million guaranteed, with the possibly of over $2 million in incentives, to gamble on Prior. As long is he is somewhat healthy, this is a good deal for the Padres. However, that this is the best deal he could get and that the Cubs were not willing to risk paying him $3.5 million in arbitration tells me that MLB teams are skeptical that Prior will be healthy in 2008. That zero in 2007 is weighing heavily in GM’s minds. ...

Prior Signs With Padres
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — Buster Olney reports: Mark Prior, cut loose by the Cubs earlier this month, has agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres. Prior receives a one-year major league deal with a $1 million base salary. The contract, which doesn't include an option, contains incentive clauses that could take the total value of the deal to over $3 million. I really don't understand why the Yankees didn't sign Prior to a similar deal. I well aware of his history of injury problems, but for a million bucks it was worth the risk. If Mike ...

Mark Prior Headed Home To Disappoint Padres Fans
wrigleyville23 — The man of 1,000 rehabs signs with San Diego, prompting a whole new franchise to express optimism in the future: "Mark Prior is a competitor and is working hard to regain the form that made him one of the great young pitchers in the game," Padres general manager Kevin Towers said. "We are confident he is going to help us in our rotation this season. It's exciting that Mark is coming home to San Diego to pitch for the Padres." Good luck with that.

Padres Wisely Gambling on Mark Prior
Larry Brown Sports — ... ESPN, whose reporter Buster Olney wrote up the news of Prior’s agreement to a one-year, $1 million deal with San Diego, has a great graphic on Prior. In 2003, he won 18 games and finished third in NL Cy Young voting. In 57 starts since then, Mark Prior has won just 18 games. I don’t think anything else can better describe Prior’s downfall. Regardless of Prior’s lack of recent success, I agree with Obscure Sports Quarterly and think the signing was a ...

Prior to Padres - missed opportunity?
Washington Nationals — ... Mark Prior is now a Padre. The Nationals were in the hunt, or at least had their team name printed along with other team names in articles about Mark Prior. It’s probably likely that Prior was eyeing a return to Southern California in general and San Diego in particular if possible, considering he grew up there and continues to live there, but the deal was only 1 million + incentives for one year. Seems like a team could have gambled on a 3 million dollar contract to lure him in. ...

Prior Returns Home to San Diego
Ducksnorts — ... to a 1-year deal worth a guaranteed $1 million plus incentives that vary depending on whom you ask. ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that the total package could be worth “over $3 million”, while Dan Hayes at the North County Times ...

My Darling Clement-ine
C70 At The Bat — ... have an $8.75 million option for 2009 with a $250,000 buyout. The option would increase to $9 million and the buyout $500,000 if Clement reaches 160 innings this season; $9.5 million and $1 million for 180 innings; and $10 million and $1.5 million for 200 innings. Let’s compare this contract to the one signed by another rehabber, Mark Prior. Prior signed a $1 million deal that could go up to $3 million if he hits all the incentives. However, Prior’s deal has no option for 2009 and it’s likely he won’t pitch until May/June, while Clement should–should–be ready to go Opening ...