{"id":1494,"date":"2013-03-01T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2013-03-01T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T20:26:00","slug":"mark-prior-reports-to-minor-league-camp-with-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/03\/01\/mark-prior-reports-to-minor-league-camp-with-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Prior reports to minor league camp with Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/03\/markprior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1495\" alt=\"markprior\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/03\/markprior.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/03\/markprior.jpg 460w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/03\/markprior-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Prior still believes he has what it takes to pitch in the majors. Now 32, Prior reported to minor league camp with the Cincinnati Reds. Should he return to the major league level he will be reunited with Dusty Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Prior has not pitched in the majors since 2006 because of ongoing shoulder problems. This is not the first time Prior has attempted a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called me and said asked for a chance,\u201d Reds manager Dusty Baker <a href=\"http:\/\/cincinnati.com\/blogs\/reds\/2013\/03\/01\/mark-prior-in-camp-with-the-reds\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>. \u201cI talked to Walt (Jocketty). (Prior) says he feels good. He feels like he has some unfinished business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baker is blamed by many for Prior&#8217;s injuries but the two have kept in contact over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talk to him a couple of times a year,\u201d Baker said. \u201cHe\u2019s always came to see me when we were in San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior was with Boston last year. He went 1-0 with a 3.96 ERA in 25 innings for Triple-A Pawtucket. He allowed 15 hits, struck 38 and walked 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Prior still believes he has what it takes to pitch in the majors. Now 32, Prior reported to minor league camp with the Cincinnati Reds. Should he return to the major league level he will be reunited with Dusty Baker. Prior has not pitched in the majors since 2006 because of ongoing shoulder problems. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[214],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-mark-prior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}