Mark Prior

Mark Prior #22 SP

Player Card | Career Stats
CAREER PITCHING STATS
G SHO IP SO W L SV ERA
106 1 657.0 757 42 29 0 3.51
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Cubs' prospect is California cool personified

Scott Powers, For ESPNChicago.com

Josh Vitters may be the Cubs' Next Big Thing, but he's playing it cool for now.

Story | Conversation | July 04, 2009

Company Yao Doesn't Want To Keep

...a running back, but he didn't have a lot of NFL miles on his legs. Mark Prior: He may not be technically done, but Prior's days as a Cooperstown lock are long...

Blog Entry | June 30, 2009

Book excerpt from 'Sweet Lou'

Melissa Isaacson, Special to ESPNChicago.com

In an excerpt from her new book "Sweet Lou," Melissa Isaacson recounts Lou Piniella's first spring training with the Cubs.

Story | Conversation | June 19, 2009

Wickersham: Target of criticism

Seth Wickersham, ESPN The Magazine

Every few years, a team makes a draft pick the public hates. Darrius Heyward-Bey wears the mantle this time, but he seems to be coping well, writes Seth Wickersham.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009

Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Still talking

ESPN.com

Mark J. Rebilas/US Presswire Ozzie Guillen has not sugarcoated his thoughts in his time as White Sox...

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Top five players in Chicago

Jon Greenberg, ESPNChicago.com

Ozzie Guillen says there aren't any Chicago baseball players who should make our top five, but we rank them anyway.

Story | Conversation | June 15, 2009

Cubs fumbling first-round picks?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...haven't done much with their first-round draft picks since 2001, when they snagged Mark Prior with the second overall pick. Since then, though? The average bust rate for first round picks...

Blog Entry | June 12, 2009

Jerry Crasnick, MLB

...Stephen Strasburg will pitch in the majors this year, but Jerry does believe he'll break Mark Prior's record

Audio PodCast | June 11, 2009

Lawlor: Prep pitchers dominate first round

Chris Lawlor, ESPNRISE.com

High school players drafted in the early rounds of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 draft look to seize the opportunities created by a tighter economy. Sixteen of the 32 players selected in the first round were prep players, writes Chris Lawlor.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009

Boras: Strasburg deal should be special

ESPN.com news services

Agent Scott Boras says No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg is "a different breed of cat," worthy of a contract far above those of this year's other draft selections.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009

The Greatest Pitcher In World History

...were in the same draft? Jerry Crasnick That's a great question. Guys like Josh Hamilton, Mark Prior and Joe Mauer came with a ton of hype, but I'm not sure any of...

Blog Entry | June 09, 2009

The next step for Strasburg

Stephen Strasburg's college coach was a pretty good hitter, having accumulated 3,141 hits, a .338 lifetime batting average and a plaque in Baseball's ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2009

As drafted: Nats take Strasburg with No. 1 pick

Associated Press

The Nationals have selected pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the first pick in baseball's amateur draft.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009

Best pitching prospect(s), ever

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...a bum shoulder. No one took McDonald's consensus best-ever tag until 2001, when Mark Prior of the University of Southern California was such a steely-eyed, bazooka-armed, strike-throwing machine...

Blog Entry | June 08, 2009

Law: Past pitching prospects don't compare to Strasburg

Keith Law, Scouts Inc.

Stephen Strasburg's numbers show he is in a league of his own, even compared to past top pitching prospects who did not pan out.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 08, 2009