witesoxfan Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Do you realize that even though we are f***ed now, how f***ed we would be had the Twins actually done something smart and drafted Mark Prior? I know there were signability problems, but if they signed him, and they traded Radke/Milton/Mays and Reed....their rotation right now would be f***ing sick. Prior, Santana, Lohse, Mays, Milton That 1-2-3 combo would rival the A's....and our friend Ken Rosenthal would be right, because I think the Twins would win the series....year after year after year after year.... Obviously, you can tell it's been a slow night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 He was almost signed by the Yankees. I think the Twins did Draft hima nd he didn't sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 He was almost signed by the Yankees. I think the Twins did Draft hima nd he didn't sign No, they had the #1 pick overall and they drafted Mauer. I remember hearing about the Yankees drafting him. It would have sucked to have seen Prior on the Yankees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 The Yanks Didn't draft him. The Scout almost had him and Made some Dumb Comments in front of a man that turned out to be Prior's dad. And Prior's father cut off talks with the Spakees and George Fired the Scout. Would have been the SOx they would have gave him a raise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 He was almost signed by the Yankees. I think the Twins did Draft hima nd he didn't sign Are you talking about Milton? Milton was from the Yankees system. They got him in the Knoblauch deal. Loshe came from the Cubs in the Augelera trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 No, I was talking about Prior. The yanks almost had him outta HighSchool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 The Yankees did, in fact, draft Prior in an earlier draft thatn when the Cubs got him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 No, I was talking about Prior. The yanks almost had him outta HighSchool After further reading your post it made sense. I forgot it was them that took him later in the draft. Was Prior actually thinking about signing with him? What I always heard was he wanted to go to college cause he knew he could make more. Plus I'm assuming Prior is from a rather well off family since he was able to work with Tom House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 The Yankees did, in fact, draft Prior in an earlier draft thatn when the Cubs got him. You are correct YAS. The Yanks did get Prior. Prior, however, decided to go to Vanderbilt. I must be one of the only ones here that would have rather seen Prior go to Minnesota. I could stomach losing to Prior alot easier than losing to Cy Mays. Plus the Sox, unlike with Cy Mays, have beaten Mark Prior . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebeck Fan Club Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Vanderbilt? Talk about the cradle of pitchers. It was USC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Vanderbilt? Talk about the cradle of pitchers. It was USC. He transferred to USC from Vanderbilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 He transferred to USC from Vanderbilt. Thanks for the back-up Chisoxfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 I would much rather see the Yankees or the Twins have prior than the cubs. I am of the hate the cubs as much as I like the Sox mentality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Do you realize that even though we are f***ed now, how f***ed we would be had the Twins actually done something smart and drafted Mark Prior? I know there were signability problems, but if they signed him, and they traded Radke/Milton/Mays and Reed....their rotation right now would be f***ing sick. Prior, Santana, Lohse, Mays, Milton That 1-2-3 combo would rival the A's....and our friend Ken Rosenthal would be right, because I think the Twins would win the series....year after year after year after year.... Btw, the Twins actually were smart not drafting Prior, from what I have hear there is no way they would have been able to sign him. In Mauer they have one of baseballs soon to be great catchers. The guy is a natural hitter. It worries me, bc when Mauer is ready he will dominate, and the Twins may get some decent players when the time comes to trade Pierzinsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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