I like the Pitcher, the ace with great stuff..who was afraid of nothing, believed HE could win in any situation.

I enjoyed watching everone of his starts, and love going to the games when he was pitching.

I think him moving on is the best thing for the Padres, and right now I am not to say why as I rather enjoy the good times for awhile.

Cy
Latos
Poreda
Richards
Gallagher
(Correia/Stauffer)

i can live with it

I don’t know much about the prospects, but Peavey needed to go.
A few things bothered me about the ace I love to watch pitch.

First, I felt like his elbow/shoulder was a ticking time bomb, his delivery mechnacis were less than to be desire, and I was waiting for the slider that he threw that would send him to Dr. Andrews.

Him or his agent have been disingenous to the Padres ever since the he signed the extension. The day he signed the biggest contract ever for the Padres, at the season ticket holders meeting he made sure to remind everyone did such a charity case to take such a small deal.
Now he said he was tired of being offered to be Traded!! You have the no trade clause. You are the one to say the Padres were beneath you. You are the one who ask to be traded.

If you really wanted to stay here you could have told KT way back when. “Look I signed a contract to be the Franchise Player, and I am not going to waive my no trade clause any time soon.” That would have been the end of the Peavy trade rumors.

Started for the Sox AAA club on Thursday.

So here is the Discount that Peavy so unselfishly took for us. Then immedietly complain about it to the Season Ticket holders. For this discount we gave him a full no trade clause;

Starting pitchers
The highest-paid active starting pitchers, by average annual value:
CC Sabathia, $23,000,000 (2009-15)
Johan Santana, $22,916,667 (2008-13)
Carlos Zambrano, $18,300,000 (2008-12)
Barry Zito, $18,000,000 (2007-13)
Jake Peavy, $17,333,333 (2010-12)
A.J. Burnett, $16,500,000 (2009-13)
Jason Schmidt, $15,666,667 (2007-09)
Derek Lowe, $15,000,000 (2009-12)
Roy Oswalt, $14,600,000 (2007-11)
Mark Buehrle, $14,000,000 (2008-11)
Roy Halladay, $13,333,333 (2008-10)
Ryan Dempster, $13,000,000 (2009-12)
Chris Carpenter, $12,700,000 (2008-11)
Bronson Arroyo, $12,500,000 (2009-10)
Kevin Millwood, $12,000,000 (2006-10)

Now I think Peavy is better than Zito and Zambrano, but both of those contracts were free agent extensions and not buying out arbitration eligible years. Which is what happen with Jake, we could have renewed his contracts, then gone to arbitration where he would have gotten $4-$8 a year most likely.

Now he did sign with a team that he thought would have a bigger payroll, so in his defense he didn’t want this situation. But situations change. My neighbor didn’t think he would lose his job and his house, but that is what happen.

When you are the highest paid person in the organization, you have a responsibility to act like a professional. Jake is a gamer, but he kept making us feel that he thought he was above the organization. If he wanted to be traded, becaues of the payroll situation, fine, but act like the high paid executive you are not like the star athelete in a high-school.

Could be extremely beneficial for us. Richards and Poreda are both Big Hard throwing lefties…we have been starving for that for a long time. Both are top prospects.

Dexter Carter may be the steal of the deal…very young, leading the minors in K’s. I think we all knew that Peavy was gone…this was a solid deal.

If we can get one or 2 outfielders, we could be a very solid club.

The weird/scary thing is that we only have about $12-$18M obligated for next year. I hope this means we will sign our top picks and get a quality bat in the line up.

we Padres fans will be hoping these guys pan out
 I be losing the faith quickly
the blog I saw yesterday in Twitter baseball brief says we are now the San Diego Pirates
this might top the Fire Sale days of Wiener Werner as the worst days in Pads history
http://mrsportsblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/its-official-the-san-diego-pirates/

This is a deal that had to be made, Peavy is my second favorite padre player all time, second only to Hoffy. This is a good deal that will benefit both teams, I like Richards, he has really good potential and I’m very happy that he became part of the deal, and of course, maybe the main prize, has to be Aaron Poreda, he looks solid and looks to be the real deal, unlike other WS prospects (Anderson, Fields) Of course, it remains to be seen but I am very pleased with this deal and something tells me that it will benefit the padres as well as it will benefit the white sox.

Its hard to be gamer when you’re not pitching in games. He never developed a change-up (as he was repeatedly asked to do) that would save his arm (ie less injuries) and make him a much more reliable and consistent pitcher. As a gamer with electric stuff, he’s suppose to attack hitters like a Lincecum or Johan but the Jake I saw was more likely to nibble at corners and run up huge pitch counts trying to work around a batter and strike them out (the anti-Maddux.) And let’s face it, he pitched worst (just like Hoffy) when it mattered most. 163th game, playoffs, World Baseball Classics (plural), All-Star games…

That was meaningless as well. If you haven’t noticed, the Padres don’t play meaningful game because they suck (even with Peavy.) Do you really want me to find the quotes where Peavy says they are the most meaningful games he’s pitched because he’s wearing the flag and USA on his uniform?

“This is a playoff atmosphere,” U.S. pitcher Jake Peavy said. “Everything is on the line, you’re doing everything you can to win and advance in this tournament, and playing for your country just takes that through the roof. It’s as good an atmosphere as it gets, I believe.”
AP Story, Sunday, March 08, 2009

Team USA will send Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres to the mound.

“This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever done on a baseball field,” the 24-year-old right-hander said. “To be with this group of guys, have a chance to represent my country in America’s pastime, I can’t put into words what it means to me.”
AP Story, March 7, 2006

You either believe all the gritty gamer stuff that comes out of Jake’s mouth or think its hogwash, but you can’t have it both ways when it goes poorly.