Jake Peavy

the latest on employee #44.

Union Tribune Young still in shock over the possibility of Hoffman leaving

Jake Peavy was in Puerto Rico last week with Hoffman, Young and several other ballplayer friends, including the Brewers' Ryan Braun and the Yankees' Derek Jeter. Another friend called Peavy to ask if he had heard that Peavy soon might be dealt to the Braves.
Peavy's response left one person present to conclude that Peavy, whose consent is needed for a trade, will not be going to Atlanta anytime soon, even if the Padres and Braves were to agree to a trade.
“I think he wants to go to Chicago,” the friend said.

Music to my ears

Union tribune GM tries to create bidding war with the precious few bidders

“As of right now, there hasn't been a deal that's been presented to us that we could accept,” Towers said. “The next thing is (for) Barry to sit down with Jake and say, 'Doesn't look like anything's happening with L.A. Nothing's more than likely happening with the Cubs and as of now not with the (Braves). As of now, you're probably going to remain a Padre.' ”

The Cubs appear to have taken the lead in the Jake Peavy hostage crisis. Oh Joy. The Cubs should be right behind the Dodgers, when it comes to disavowing trading partners. 1984!! But hey, if the friars can use the lovable losers as tools to pry starting pitcher Tommy Hanson from the Braves filthy little fingers, all the better. Right?

Well it is day two of the General Manager meetings, and by my count, day 35 of the emotional butt ache that has become the John Moores divorce.

The way I look at it, his divorce effected the payroll, the payroll effected the budget, the budget effected the players, and then Frank Wren, wisely picked up the phone about 35 days ago. It has been nothing but a butt ache since. Padre fans clamor all the time about wanting to be in the national spot light, but I am sure this is not what they had in mind.

as of November 4th 2008, 1:40pm est, Jacob Peavy is still a padre.

todays Kevin Towers radio show, here

Rosenthal Peavy could be the friars Opening Day starter

The best guess on Jake Peavy is that the Padres eventually will trade him to the Braves, who appear to be the most attractive suitor of Peavy's preferred teams. The Cubs seemingly lack the inventory to make such a deal work, but the Padres might need to turn creative if the Braves balk at their price. Dodgers GM Ned Colletti all but acknowledged that he is unlikely to acquire Peavy from a division rival, and two of Peavy's other preferred clubs — the Cardinals and Astros — are not factors in the discussions.

Peavy has the right to veto any trade, and Padres GM Kevin Towers acknowledged that the pitcher still could be the team's Opening Day starter. Such a scenario, however, is unlikely. The Padres want to purge the remaining four years and $63 million remaining on Peavy's contract.

Talk about alienating your fan base.

Rosenthal: Baseball needs to work on its calendar:

The more I think about this whole ordeal, all these nasty Jake Peavy trade rumors, the more I realize Kevin Towers is probably spot on when he says, Jake Peavy has a no trade clause, and "he could put a stop to the trade talks right now." Instead Peavy is actually feeding the fires, by giving a list of teams, and even declining certain teams like the Rangers. Kevin Towers is just doing his job by finding out the value of his golden nugget. and its a big 'ol nugget.

So the padres team owner is going through a divorce, and the friars get slashed payroll. Just wonderful. and she has been married to him for some 30 years, so you know she is getting a huge chunk of everything. their has even been rumors, she wants the ball club.

I am starting to believe this team is truly jinxed. I can trace it all the way back to Tony Junior hitting that two RBI triple off of Hoffman at the end of last season. Even Trevor said it was an odd moment, that things just didn't feel right up there on the mound. And Hoffman pitched a good pitch to junior too.

Tony just reached out, and got wood on it thats all.