Daily Archives: December 18, 2007
According to ESPN, citing the team’s general manager, the Astros have made an offer to free-agent RHP Mark Prior, who scouts believe can ink an ‘incentive-laced,’ one-year deal.
Yesterday in the Daily News, Anthony McCarron wrote that 
the Mets and Yankees are among 11 teams who have expressed ‘preliminary interest’ in Prior.
…from what i can gather, at least three teams from the NL East have expressed interest in prior, and none of them will likely end up signing him…also, he has at least two offers that will guarantee him two years on a major-league roster, while the rest are most interested in the previously mentioned one-year deal with incentives for a second season…lastly, the overwhelming buzz from baseball suggests that prior will sign sooner than later…personally, i have concerns over whether to guarantee him a spot at all…let alone for two years…
Prior has not pitched in a big-league game since August 2006.
He is 42–29 in 106 starts for his career, with a 3.51 ERA.
…from what i can gather, free-agent RHP Kris Benson threw roughly 
60 pitches or so in front of representatives from over a dozen teams yesterday, while looking strong, healthy and ready for 2008…
According to a report from Sunday in the Boston Globe, the Rockies, Phillies, Royals, Yankees, and Dodgers were among the teams expected to be in attendance.
Benson had rotator-cuff surgery after the 2006 season, and missed all of 2007.
In 39 starts for the Mets, during 2004 and 2005, the 33–year-old Benson was 14–12 with a 4.23 ERA.
…when you search Google Images for photos of ‘Kris Benson,’ 12 of the initial 20 photos are of his wife, which is hilarious and most likely why you will not hear him connected by rumor to the Mets during this off-season…
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