hm, yah, i meant to say that he's old, and not a power pitcher so signing him to a 3yr contract shouldnt be a prob at his age.

 

yea they can, without a doubt. after this signing, i think the cubs have the highest payroll for the NL at 93M. i thought they were cheap, but Alou (10M) and Sosa (17M) really eat alot of that up.

mark prior is set to make 1.6M this year :exnbp:

 

when are the big pitchers up for arbitration

 

now, this is the part where the A-Rod deal starts to mess things up. Kerry Wood, a Texas native, is a free agent next year. Texas unloaded that HUGE contract and now have some money to toss around again. Texas has some great hitters, but their pitching is a complete joke. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Woody heads down south with a big fat contract. (i'm guessing 6yrs/90M)

I think Prior is locked through the 05 season.

 

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how dare you say chan ho is a joke! jus wait til his back heals
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:chuckles:

btw ... here's the AP release, 4 min old

http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=2152460

 

looks good. i always wanted to see a angels/cubs world series

 

giants made an offer, but no deal :sad:

 

can't blame the guy, he's already taking a 50% paycut at 7-8M a year. he made close to 14.75M with the Braves in 03.

 

that would be

but then again, Cubs vs __________ WS would be great too h:

the vegas odds on favorites are the Yankees (no surprise here) and Cubs (which has never happened in the history of MLB)