Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | yesterday
Towers said he has heard from clubs interested in trading for ace pitcher Jake Peavy. "We're having talks," he said. The GM said he wouldn't be surprised if the Peavy talks heat up next month. Peavy talks under way
Was Watching (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Via Pete Caldera - Free agency isn’t the Yankees’ only route toward restocking their starting rotation. If the Padres are rebuilding, then unanimous 2007 NL Cy Young award winnner Jake Peavy might ask to relocate. And, in the right scenario, the 27-year-old right-hander could switch leagues. “We’ve talked about it,” Peavy’s agent, Barry Axelrod, said by phone on [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Pete Caldera of the Bergen Record recently chatted with Jake Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod. Peavy prefers to stay in San Diego, but not if they decide to rebuild. In that case, he'd apparently considering waiving his no-trade clause for three unknown American League teams (his National League number is not known). Axelrod spoke in generalities about the appeal of pinstripes, which...
iYankees (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
From Pete Caldera (The Record): Free agency isn’t the Yankees’ only route toward restocking their starting rotation. If the Padres are rebuilding, then unanimous 2007 NL Cy Young award winnner Jake Peavy might ask to relocate. And, in the right scenario, the 27-year-old right-hander could switch leagues. “We’ve talked about it,” Peavy’s agent, Barry Axelrod, said by phone [...]...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Pete Caldera / NorthJersey.com : Yanks interested in Peavy — Free agency isn't the Yankees' only route toward restocking their starting rotation. — If the Padres are rebuilding, then unanimous 2007 NL Cy Young award winnner Jake Peavy might ask to relocate. And, in the right scenario, the 27-year-old right-hander could switch leagues.
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
PADRES: Moores might be selling part of team There are a few interesting things in this NC Times article: An anonymous source said this about Jake Peavy: "They're not just listening to offers, but they're throwing his name out there," The Padres are actively trying to get rid of Peavy. I bet they could get a few more prospects and a couple bench warming veterans for somebody like...
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
With a hat tip to Gaslamp Ball, a Jake Peavy to the Yankees rumor....
High and Tight. (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Padres are for sale . The Padres will be shopping everyone . He's affordable now, but getting more expensive: 2009 opening day age: 27 2009 salary: $11 million 2010 salary: $15 million 2011 salary: $16 million 2012 salary: $17 million Contract status: Peavy signed a three-year, $52 million extension, which begins in 2010, on Dec. 12, 2007. The Padres have a team option for 2013 at $22 million,...
YanksBlog.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From Ken Davidoff: Whom would you rather have? CC Sabathia for six years and $150 million? Or Jake Peavy for four years and $63 million? The Padres, coming off a 63-99 season, will at least explore a Peavy trade, general manager Kevin Towers...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
There's a lot being made of the Yankees signing CC Sabathia, but as Ken Davidoff of Newsday.com asks, "Whom would you rather have? CC Sabathia for six years and $150 million? Or Jake Peavy for four years and $63 million?" Buster Olney reported on this possibility recently. Davidoff reports: "Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod, who lives in the San Diego area and is very friendly with...
Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
He's 27 years old, was a unanimous winner of the 2007 NL Cy Young Award, has averaged 192 innings and 194 strikeouts in six full seasons in the majors, and is under contract through 2011. I don't know, but it seems like the only way Jake Peavy could be a more perfect fit for the pitching-hungry Braves would be if he were a native Southerner. What's that? He was born in, raised in, and...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote about the possibility of the Braves pursuing Padres ace Jake Peavy this winter in a blog post yesterday. He notes that Peavy, an Alabama native, might be particularly amenable to waiving his no-trade clause to play for Atlanta. Personally I do not see Peavy's no-trade clause as an obstacle for most clubs. In the majority of...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Just in case the Padres don't want Jake Peavy anymore, the Yankees and Red Sox are making it known that they would be willing to take him off our hands. Good to know.
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Ken Davidoff raises that possibility in his Insider today. Peavy is 27. He's not a big guy, 6-1 and about 180. He went on the DL last May with swelling and a strained muscle in his pitching elbow. He returned...
MLB (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Are the Astros thinking of trading for Jake Peavy? Could Brandon Backe move into the field? Beat reporter Alyson Footer answers these questions and more in the latest installment of the Astros' mailbag.
