Allegedly Positive Pitching News

Well. What to make of this.

Mark Prior is "going through a strenuous program and has been throwing for quite a while." Wade Miller "started throwing a few weeks ago and has had no problems at all." Larry Rothschild is "encouraged" by Kerry Wood's progress as well.

Ugh. I'm like a dog chasing a ball in the yard. The Cubs keep throwing this news out there, year after year, and I just keep believing them.

Of course, they dropped this "good news" as they were departing for the winter Cubs Caravan. It's not like they would say, "Yeah, these three guys are turds" on their way out to get fans excited for the coming season.

But still.