Peavy is a White Sock

by natetheskate on Jul 31, 2009 4:58 PM EDT Comment 13 comments

Over at South Side Sox they're saying Jake Peavy is somehow a White Sock. I really like Jake Peavy so it's going to be tough for me as a Twins fan to see him pitch against us down the stretch. I can't really figure out how this happened since Peavy has a no-trade clause and turned down playing for Chicago earlier this season, but apparently it did.

If it's true, hats off the White Sox and Padres for making this move happen.

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I guess its Peavy not Peavey

All part of the horrible getting to know Jake Peavy process :)

"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella

by natetheskate on Jul 31, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it will be interesting to see how he adjusts

to the AL….lets hope the DH and moving from a great pitchers park to a hitters park arent to kind to him

by guinness junky on Jul 31, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That's what I'm guessing

Double whammy, I guess we’re talking about a 1.5 run jump in his ERA as a result. Maybe that’s just the optimist in me…

by Adam Peterson on Aug 1, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ankle

And he is coming off an injury. Does anyone know which ankle, or when he would be off the DL?

by WITwinsfan on Jul 31, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not clear when he'll pitch again this year

Maybe another month.

Still, a front 4 of Peavy, Buehrle, Danks, and Floyd is pretty damn tough.

by Eric in Madison on Jul 31, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Very interesting

Peavy probably wont have much of an impact this year, with the injury and all.
It will be interesting to see how he does in the following years. He’ll probably still be a pretty good pitcher, but his numbers are inevitably going to inflate at the Cell and pitching to the American league.

by ianmader on Jul 31, 2009 6:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It sucks that Chicago was able to pull this off.

Once again I’m left thinking, “really Twins OCab, that’s all you could get?” meanwhile the hated Bitch Sox get one of the best pitchers in the National League…

It’s hard being a Twins fan sometimes.

by caluofmn on Jul 31, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

CWS gave up quite a bit...

—Richard: 25 year old swingman… ERA+ of 99 this year… 12-6, 2.49 ERA in AA-AAA last year
—Poreda: 22 year old starter… ERA 2.54 in AA-AAA this year, called up to majors, 2.45 ERA in 11 IP of relief for Sox
—Carter: 22 year old in A, pitching well, though… 6-2, 3.13 ERA, 10.9 K/9
—Russel:26 year old releiver. Pitched well last year in AAA/MLB, 3.20 ERA in AAA this year.

They put a lot of eggs into the Peavy basket.

by DavidRF on Jul 31, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes they did.

by montanatwinsfan on Jul 31, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is 1 upper tier prospect in that group

Trades are not zero sum games.

The Sox didn’t touch Hudson, maybe their best pitching prospect,
Flowers, Jordan Danks or Dayan.

Richard should have a solid career in Petco
Poreda’s secondary pitches are still iffy
Carter is 22 in A ball. He better K a lot
Russell is org filler

The only eggs is cash which the Sox have.

Peavy is 28 and an above avg pitcher.

"Oh well back to work"

by Tdogg on Aug 1, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

conversly the Tigers gave up hardly anyhting for Washburn

yuck

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jul 31, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Of course, starting about August this time last year...

…all the way to pitchers and catchers reporting, you could find one person in these World Wide Web parts who though obtaining Washburn was a good idea.

It’s not about buying high, it’s about buying low.

Bloggin' the bloggers since 1938.

by Johnny Safron on Jul 31, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

I was thinking the same thing. Remember when it was leaked last year that the Twins were after Washburn and we all couldn’t believe how stupid the Twins brass was? Guess there might be something to this scouting stuff after all. (Though I don’t think Washburn will continue at this ERA either.)

I have tried to take to heart this same lesson from the Denard Span story as well. From his numbers alone he looked like nothing, but the Twins always said he was a promising prospect and they were right. Doesn’t make up for all the things they’re wrong about, but it does make one want to treat them with a smidge more humility and respect, given that they do know quite a lot about baseball.

by by jiminy on Aug 6, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs