ESPN.com – MLB – Spring roundup: Norm Charlton to retire
A rich news and notes column today at espn.com:
It really doesn’t seem like news that Charlton is retiring, but it is to him and that’s what matters.
The Cubs say Mark Prior’s Achilles hurt him last September and he pitched through it, that it’s hurting again, and it’s nothing. Before I made a big bid on Prior I would think through the suggestion that a little rest now will be enough to heal him. If the Winter off didn’t help, why would ten days now? There are more aggressive treatments they can use now, like cortisone and painkillers, so maybe he’ll pitch all season without a problem. But I’m going to knock him down a few bucks because despite what the Cubs say, this is a problem.
It really doesn’t seem like news that Phil Nevin is hurt again, and maybe he isn’t really. But you have to admit this guy is fragile.