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 More Cubs NewsCubs manager Lou Piniella met Sunday with Mark Prior to establish a game plan in hopes of getting the right-hander ready for the regular season, and which will include a start this week in the Minor League camp. Prior, limited to nine starts last season because of problems with his right shoulder, threw 40 pitches over two innings Saturday against the Kansas City Royals in his second Cactus League game and didn't look sharp. He didn't throw any breaking pitches for strikes, and had difficulty locating his fastball. "His confidence is playing with him a little bit," Piniella said Sunday. "I told him, 'Look, you have to relax.' I think this is the right approach. If I didn't think it was the right approach, I wouldn't send him down there. He can go down there and relax and just pitch. He doesn't have to answer to the media. Leave him alone, let him pitch." |
