Mar 31, 2007 12:01 PM EST
Carlos Zambrano's contract extension negotiatons heated up Friday with a face-to-face meeting between general manager Jim Hendry and the pitcher's agent, Barry Praver.
"We had a nice conversation, and everything's positive and on the upbeat," Hendry said. "Hopefully we'll be able to come together."
The parameters of the deal have been discussed, with both sides agreeing to five years. How far apart they are on the total package is unknown, though the Cubs' offer is expected to be under Barry Zito's $18 million-per-season range.
"We went a little further down the line at the arbitration than we normally would have," Hendry said. "But I think a lot of good came out of that too. At the end of the day, there wasn't going to be any bad-mouthing in the courtroom, and he reiterated again how badly he wanted to be here."
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Mar 30, 2007 12:23 PM EST
Mark Prior isn't happy about opening the season in the minor leagues, but speaking about it for the first time Thursday, he said he accepted the Cubs' decision and even found some humor in it, if only for a moment.
''The goal now is to go down and help that team win and try to make the Triple-A All-Star team,'' he joked. ''Maybe I'll get invited to the Futures Game or something. I'm still 26.''
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The Cubs are scouting Clint Barmes, but the Rockies want him to play every day in Colorado Springs for a while before re-evaluating his situation.
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Cubs Mar 2007 Archive
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AP | Mar 28, 2007
Mark Prior was optioned to Triple-A Iowa after his final spring training start.
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Associated Press | Mar 27, 2007
Manager Lou Piniella made it official Tuesday: Wade Miller will be the Cubs' fifth starter.
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Yahoo.com | Mar 27, 2007
With a new baseball season on the horizon, an old problem has surfaced for Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Mar 26, 2007
A team source confirmed that Kerry Wood was hurt again after pitching one inning of relief on Sunday.
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Chicago Tribune | Mar 20, 2007
Mark Prior and Kerry Wood are both expected to begin the 2007 season on the disabled list.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Mar 20, 2007
The Cubs and Carlos Zambrano are discussing a five-year extension.
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Daily Herald | Mar 18, 2007
The agents for pitcher Carlos Zambrano were due in town Saturday.
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Daily Herald | Mar 16, 2007
Jim Hendry said Kerry Wood has a strain in his right triceps, the result of overstriding on the mound in his last appearance.
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Chicago Tribune | Mar 13, 2007
Cubs' general manager Hendry said he'll reopen contract talks with Carlos Zambrano's agents later this week.
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MLB.com | Mar 12, 2007
Cubs 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.
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AP | Mar 8, 2007
John Vukovich, the longest-serving coach in Philadelphia Phillies history and a member of their only World Series championship team in 1980, died Thursday.
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AP | Mar 8, 2007
Former catcher Gene Oliver, who played for the Cardinals and the Cubs during a 10-year major league career, has died.
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AP | Mar 7, 2007
Longtime Phillies coach John Vukovich is in grave condition in a Philadelphia-area hospital due to complications caused by an inoperable brain tumor, the team said Wednesday.
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Yahoo.com | Mar 6, 2007
It took only four spring training games -- all losses -- for Lou Piniella to call a team meeting and address his Cubs.
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AP | Mar 6, 2007
Tom Goodwin, the center fielder on the last two Texas Rangers teams to make the playoffs, was hired Monday as manager of an independent minor league team in the Dallas area.
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ESPN.com | Mar 4, 2007
Mark Prior and Kerry Wood will make their spring training debuts Monday when the Cubs play the Mariners.
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Daily Herald | Mar 3, 2007
?I believe this year I will win the Cy Young, and I will enjoy that,? said Carlos Zambrano on Friday.
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MLB.com | Mar 2, 2007
The Cubs' high-profile prospect could be fast tracked to the major league club.
