Excuse me while I hang myself

 

To be honest, since I don't think Peavy would guarantee the AL Central for the Sox this year, I'd rather have a combination of Poreda/Richard/Hudson in 3 years than to have Peavy and his contract.

I won't be sad at all if this happens. In 3 years, Peavy's going to have an albatross of a contract.

 

Just keep that in mind when you see Floyd and/or Contreras pitching this season.

WTF is this?

As long as Jake comes out and admits he wants no part of the AL I won't even be that mad. That's obviously the case. If he comes out and says something like "I really love SD. This is where my heart is" or some lame s*** like that. He should be hung.

I disagree, i think jake killed it and to save his face in the media and so the Pad's can continue to field serious offers, they are saying it never got to him. Makes alot of sense actually.

probably right, the last thing the Pads need is in July teams not entering serious negotiations with them about Peavy because of fear of him flinching and them losing out.

 

Well, hopefully it was a full AL thing and not just the Sox... It's good to see the org is still being very active though, that bodes well for July and the offseason

"early opinion on poreda and richard: "a reliever and 5th starter'' says NL scout. but padres' towers does know pitching"

 

Via Jon Heyman on Twitter

wow, luckily I completely missed that talk, I would have gone ape if they got him and had to have that ridiculously bad contract. that contract was bad when the economy was good

Huh? Soriano signed after the 2006 season. The Sox would've ended up with two draft picks. Who knows what would've happened if they had him in left for the rest of the 2006 season.

 

I'm way late, but can anyone confirm that Peavy's framed jersey was taken down at Petco?

so is the deal officially dead? or is it b/c that SD newspaper article

what a major buzzkill.

so is the deal officially dead? or is it b/c that SD newspaper article

 

Not dead yet...but probably on life support.

 

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor???

Just keep that in mind when you see Floyd and/or Contreras pitching this season.

 

That's fine...we still have 3-4 glaring holes on offes offensive players, so I really don't think Peavy is the missing link. There's a lot of overreaction by people right now. Peavy is good, but I wouldn't say he'd be close to being a great pitcher in the AL.

"early opinion on poreda and richard: "a reliever and 5th starter'' says NL scout. but padres' towers does know pitching"

 

Via Jon Heyman on Twitter

The scout fails to mention though that as a reliever, Poreda could be a closer or an elite set-up man, both of which are hard to come by.

so is the deal officially dead? or is it b/c that SD newspaper article

It's not "official" but nothing has been official. There's the article and Peavy's agent kind of downplaying it, but there's no real firm time on when the agents comments came out

Whatever. I'm not going to f*** up my whole day over what appears to be a bunch of BS. I'm going out for my run.

 

 

AND f*** THE MEDIA AND INTERNET!

I'm not sure how much control the Sox have over the content of their web site (MLB seems to have some sort of totalitarian grasp on format), but this would be a major PR disaster if the deal doesn't get done now.

I disagree. In fact, the guys on the Score thought from the beginning this whole thing was a White Sox publicity stunt. I don't agree with them, but supposedly agreeing to acquire the biggest name pitcher available is not going to hurt them.

They have Ozzie quotes saying he's asking his family, so at this point if it doesn't happen, to me, it's just spin

Did i miss something? When did this deal become dead???

Such a bummer. I was real excited about an hour ago

ESPN said he called Linebrink but NEVER talked to his wife about trade BS..........Spin doctoring has begun he said hell no and now the crap begins.

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"early opinion on poreda and richard: "a reliever and 5th starter'' says NL scout. but padres' towers does know pitching"

 

Via Jon Heyman on Twitter

It does seem like a good trade though. Pads get two guys that are cheap and very capable of being productive major leaguers, one with the potential to be a #2 or #3 starter (if he finds his secondary stuff) and if he doesn't make it there, he's got a real great shot at being a legit closer. The other who I think makes it as a quality 4th or 5th starter. I really do like Clayton. And again, if Clayton doesn't make it there he's got a long long role as a reliever. Add in one more good arm and it is a great deal, if they got two, even better from the Pads perspective.

Huh? Soriano signed after the 2006 season. The Sox would've ended up with two draft picks. Who knows what would've happened if they had him in left for the rest of the 2006 season.

 

I'm way late, but can anyone confirm that Peavy's framed jersey was taken down at Petco?

Ah, OK, I wasn't sure of the Soriano timeline

I disagree. In fact, the guys on the Score thought from the beginning this whole thing was a White Sox publicity stunt. I don't agree with them, but supposedly agreeing to acquire the biggest name pitcher available is not going to hurt them.

 

Yeah...unless Peavy declines the trade to the Sox and accepts in a heartbeat a trade to the Cubs. That's far down the road though, so no reason to worry about it yet.

well...that took up 3 hours of my day....TAKE THAT PRODUCTIVITY..

 

and probably a few more hours...

That's fine...we still have 3-4 glaring holes on offes offensive players, so I really don't think Peavy is the missing link. There's a lot of overreaction by people right now. Peavy is good, but I wouldn't say he'd be close to being a great pitcher in the AL.

 

Good pitching is much harder to get than offensive players. See White Sox, 2005. Good starters, good bullpen, mediocre line-up. I don't see much hope for this team if they're running Buehrle and Danks and a bunch of question marks.

ESPN radio still not putting the SD newspaper report in their update and just saying they're waiting on Peavy