Can Prior Make It All The Way Back?

This is on the wire from FOX SPORTS: Right-handed pitcher Mark Prior, who came out of USC with a hype along the lines of Stephen Strassburg, is still trying to piece his injury-plagued career back together. Prior, 29, will work out for major league clubs at USC on Wednesday. Prior, who has not pitched in the big leagues since going 1-6 in nine games with the Cubs in 2006, has been working with USC pitching coach Tom House, the former big-league pitching coach who has worked with Prior since his high school days in San Diego. Most major league teams are expected to have a scout in attendance. Prior was the second player selected in the 2001 draft, Minnesota opting for high school catcher Joe Mauer, and then Twins general manager Terry Ryan being criticized at the time for passing on a pitcher that many claimed was ready to step directly into a big-league rotation. Prior did receive a then-record $10.5 million signing bonus, and appeared to validate the Cubs decision in 2003, his ...