Pads ink Prior

In something clearly unorthodox the San Diego Padres have signed oft-injured pitcher Mark Prior to a one-year deal worth $1 million dollars. Even though, he hasn't pitched well since 2003 when he went 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA. I understand that rehabbing pitchers come cheap, but they also come to be a burden (look at Mike Hampton). And Jesus, Mark Prior has been awful the last couple of years, and didn't even throw a pitch in 2007. Take a look:

2006 : 1-6 record, 7.21 ERA
2005 : 11-7 record, 3.67 ERA
2004 : 6-4 record, 4.02 ERA
2007 : Did not play.

That's 57 starts in 4-years from 2004-2007 he should've made over a 120 starts easy, but he's injured constantly. And he says he's got good years left. Bullshit.