Prior Goes on DL With Broken Right Elbow - Yahoo! News
*SIGH*

CHICAGO - Cubs right-hander Mark Prior was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, one day after he was hit in the right elbow by a line drive. An MRI showed a compression fracture near the elbow, Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal said.

Prior, O'Neal and Cubs manager Dusty Baker would not speculate how long Prior, who has been on the disabled list five times since joining the Cubs in 2002, would be out.

Prior started this season on the disabled list with inflammation in the elbow, delaying his first start until April 13. In nine starts this year, he is 4-1 with a 2.93 ERA.

The Cubs recalled right-hander Roberto Novoa from Iowa of the Pacific Coast League to take Prior's roster spot. Novoa was 1-1 with Iowa with three saves and a 2.78 ERA. In an earlier recall to the Cubs from April 27 to May 9, he was 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA in five games.

Prior was injured in the fourth inning of Friday night's 10-3 victory over Colorado. The Rockies' Brad Hawpe led off the inning and drove a liner that ricocheted off Prior's elbow. Prior collapsed and writhed in pain on the mound before being helped off the field by the training staff and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

I don't believe in curses...but...man... I have to say that this might be the death knell for this year.

All I know is- Matt Clement is on my TV right now (5-0, 3.29 ERA) and I really miss him. Had a feeling it was a bad idea to let him go.

Wave bye-bye to LaTroy Hawkins. It's too bad that we didn't use him the way he should have been used. He'll probably go on to prosper in SF. Good luck LaTroy.