Towers: 50-50 chance Peavy misses rest of season

by jbox on Jul 16, 2009 9:10 AM PDT

"I think it's 50-50 if Jake will pitch again this season," Padres General Manager Kevin Towers said this week as he projected the second half of the Padres season.

"We'll know more when he comes out of the cast. I can't speak for Jake, but I'd much rather have him ready for 2010 than risking more serious injury by coming back too early this year."

Peavy's done for the year, I can't see the team risking further injury by trying to bring him back early. There's nothing to gain for the Padres at this point. They need him healthy in the off season so that they can trade him.

Everybody who isn't injured and doesn't have the name Adrian or Heath is on the trading block. I hope they trade each and every one of them. I'm so sick of this team.

A contender seeking pitching might have interest in Kevin Correia, Chad Gaudin or Cla Meredith, who are all eligible for arbitration after this season.

And there's always interest in a veteran such as Eckstein or catcher Henry Blanco, although both are injured and also respected veteran presences in the clubhouse. The Padres would like to move third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff and right fielder Brian Giles, but their offensive production is down, which could limit suitors.

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Flip the coin then

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by Axion on Jul 16, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions

They'll just sell pieces for a bag of balls

They’ll sell low on Kouz, on Meredith, on Gaudin probably, etc. THey just need to get rid of alot of htem

by TheAxManCometh on Jul 16, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

I definitely don't want the money I spent on the Padres

Going towards multimillion dollar salaries for those guys.

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by Wonko on Jul 16, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions

could they have ever sold high on

Gaudin?

by Grey Suit on Jul 16, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

So Towers' plan

Is to trade young pitching like Gaudin and Correia while hoarding all of his valuable pieces?

I’d like to buy my season tickets now.

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by R. Lankford on Jul 16, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions

I see where Bill Center says that

I don’t see the part where Towers says that this is his plan. Could you point it out to me?

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by Wonko on Jul 16, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd like to give Towers the benefit of the doubt

I really would. But that shipped sailed a long time ago.

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by R. Lankford on Jul 16, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Thanks

for the non sequitur.

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by Wonko on Jul 16, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

This year

Arbitration eligible seems to mean time bomb.

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by Axion on Jul 16, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it has more to do with

Their production + arbitration. If Kouz had an OBP north of .330 (or maybe even .320) and Gaudin had an ERA below 4.5 then they wouldn’t seem like ticking time bombs. As for Cla, arbitration makes him a slightly expensive specialist reliever. That’s a luxury the Padres can’t afford. There are probably half a dozen guys in the Padres system that could produce just as well and get paid less and pitch more innings.

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by Wonko on Jul 16, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Do Correia and Gaudin count as young pitching?

Haven’t we pretty much seen their upsides?

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by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 16, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't know that they count as young pitching

I don’t think we’ve seen either player’s upside. Correia is getting close though, Gaudin is not. Gaudin is basically pitching the same as he has for all his years in the majors.

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by Wonko on Jul 16, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

That was kind of my point

though maybe I worded it wrong. Ray made it sound like KT was planning on trading away “young talent”, when in fact neither Correia nor Gaudin are really that young, and there’s not much evidence that they’ll get significantly better than they already are.

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by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 17, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions

If the Padres can get a Mark Teixeira type deal for Adrian

and at least one high end guy for Bell then I think its time to make those deals.

by Grey Suit on Jul 16, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions

No one is going to pay like the Braves did for Teixeira

I don’t think we’ll ever see a trade like that again. Look at the Braves. What did they get out of that deal? Wouldn’t they be better off not having made the deal? And it’s not like Teixeira stunk for them.

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by Wonko on Jul 16, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions