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Send him to Philly!

"With owner John Moores unable or unwilling to backstop the club's budget during his divorce"

MLB should step in here and suspend the owner-
as they have in the past to george & schott....

His 'personal' issues are interfering with the team-
no way should padre fans be forced to watch the team
be broken down- simply because the owner is divircing

Maybe Moores wife will win the team as part of the divorce settlement and she'll upen up the purse strings and the Pads won't tun into a Triple A team next season.

Waive your trade clause toward the Red Sox please. i can just imagine having him, lester, beckett, and Dice K for next 3-5 years

If the Braves caused this trade to fall through, they're idiots.

join the yankees with cc sabathia and Burnett!

1. Sabathia
2. Peavy
3. Wang
4. Burnett
5. Mussina

Keep Joba in the pen as the set up man and prepare him for Marianos retirement!

Yankees should make a trade for Peavy happen. If they are going to empty the farm system, they should do it now for a top young arm like Peavy, not when they are desperate at the trading deadline. I'm sure the Pads would go for a package of Hughes, Kennedy, and another minor league prospect...maybe include Melky, and cash. Sabathia and Peavy are the two dominant arms they need at the top of the rotation to go far in the playoffs. They should avoid Burnett at all costs. He's another Pavano waiting to happen. Sign either Mussina or Pettitte, and keep Joba in the rotation. Sign a low risk/high reward guy like Mark Prior...if he can come back to be half the pitcher he was it would be a huge success. Rotation: Sabathia, Peavy, Wang, Chamberlain, Mussina/Pettitte.

Would love to see him in a Mets jersey but that won't happen. Honestly, the Yankees would be smart to trade for him. Look, Hughes may have the tools but he won't get it done in a Yanks jersey. Trade him while he still has some value.

P.S.: Throw in Cabrera too. I don't think he's that good but who know the Padres might want him.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 11:56 AM ET  11.16 by C-Smith

If the Braves caused this trade to fall through, they're idiots.

Do you know anything about the situation? The only idiot here is GM Kevin Towers. The Braves offered a more than fair deal and he keeps pushing for more. They won't get a better offer from anyone.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 10:31 AM ET  11.16 by jgb

"With owner John Moores unable or unwilling to backstop the club's budget during his divorce"MLB should step in here and suspend the owner- as they have in the past to george & schott....His 'personal' issues are interfering with the team- no way should padre fans be forced to watch the teambe broken down- simply because the owner is divircing

As a Padres fan, I am beginning to think the exact same thing. It is becoming more evident by the day, and especially with what happened to Hoffman, that all of the Padres' decisions recently - and their hell-bent intent to trade Peavy - are because of the Moores' divorce.
But really, any Padres fan who thinks this most recent story means he may be staying may be wrong. I get the sick feeling, when it comes down to it, we'll be reading/hearing that Peavy is traded to the Yankees for Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy. This trade will end up being one of the biggest blunders/mistakes for both sides. No way will Peavy enjoy his time in that rabid market of impatient and ignorant writers and fans. And no way are Hughes and Kennedy ready for big-time pitching.
The Padres are desperate (why else would they disrespect Hoffman they way they did) and it looks like at this point, this divorce is the No.1 reason.

QUOTE(#9):

Originally posted 01:31 PM ET  11.16 by desharthus

Do you know anything about the situation? The only idiot here is GM Kevin Towers. The Braves offered a more than fair deal and he keeps pushing for more. They won't get a better offer from anyone.

desharthus, I'm assuming you're not a Padres fan and have little knowledge Towers and how he works. The guy is very good at his job and has fleeced many organizations in years past (notably the Texas Rangers in stealing Young and Adrian Gonzalez). Unless Towers and SD feel like they're getting the better end of the deal, they don't shake. HOWEVER, to support your "only idiot here..." comment, it may end up that Towers and co. for the first time are the ones who get fleeced here. There is no doubt Peavy will be moved soon (hope I'm wrong as a Padres fan) and as offers get weaker and weaker from more teams, Towers and Co. will be kicking themselves for not agreeing with Atlanta. My greatest fear is that SD settles with the Yankees, allowing themselves to be fleeced and send Peavy off for lame-duck Hughes and Kennedy in return (likely an epic disaster in the making for both organizations).
These days as a Padres fan, it's about facing realities first, and hoping for a better future second (maybe by like 2014 or so).

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 11:58 AM ET  11.16 by B.O.B.

join the yankees with cc sabathia and Burnett!1. Sabathia2. Peavy3. Wang4. Burnett5. MussinaKeep Joba in the pen as the set up man and prepare him for Marianos retirement!

As a Padres fan/Yankee hater, it makes me sick to my stomach to see what you wrote here, but I completely agree with your rotation for the Yankees for April 2009. Then it implodes of course when Peavy and Burnett realize how much it sucks to be in NYC (more to life than the actual games they're on the mound) and Mussina realizes in July he should have retired. (you can't pitch CC everyday)

what exactly do the yankees have to give up for peavy? i'm pretty sure it's not nearly the group the braves were offering, so your head is in the clouds there. towers is being completely unrealistic about this peavy deal, so i'm glad the braves backed out. their offer was beyond fair and the padres still wanted more, they won't get it from anybody else.

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 02:56 PM ET  11.16 by ak+

what exactly do the yankees have to give up for peavy? i'm pretty sure it's not nearly the group the braves were offering, so your head is in the clouds there. towers is being completely unrealistic about this peavy deal, so i'm glad the braves backed out. their offer was beyond fair and the padres still wanted more, they won't get it from anybody else.

Towers Blew it. No one is going to offer what the Braves did.

I'm starting to think that the Braves rotation will be Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Hampton, Hudson, and the closer will be Kerry Wood. Talk about a dream rotation 5 years ago. By the second week Hudson will have to pitch every game.

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 12:46 PM ET  11.16 by Sherm

Yankees should make a trade for Peavy happen. If they are going to empty the farm system, they should do it now for a top young arm like Peavy, not when they are desperate at the trading deadline. I'm sure the Pads would go for a package of Hughes, Kennedy, and another minor league prospect...maybe include Melky, and cash. Sabathia and Peavy are the two dominant arms they need at the top of the rotation to go far in the playoffs. They should avoid Burnett at all costs. He's another Pavano waiting to happen. Sign either Mussina or Pettitte, and keep Joba in the rotation. Sign a low risk/high reward guy like Mark Prior...if he can come back to be half the pitcher he was it would be a huge success. Rotation: Sabathia, Peavy, Wang, Chamberlain, Mussina/Pettitte.

yeah peavy has the last say though with the power of the veto.... i'm not sure i want a guy who is afraid to pitch in the AL, nevermine the AL East..... its hard enough to play here when your heart IS in it.... that being said, i'd still love to see him in my roto..... obviously

QUOTE(#15):

Originally posted 05:15 PM ET  11.16 by monkeypoo08

I'm starting to think that the Braves rotation will be Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Hampton, Hudson, and the closer will be Kerry Wood. Talk about a dream rotation 5 years ago. By the second week Hudson will have to pitch every game.

Hudson will be out until At leat August. <exhales>

Geezuz!! Will somebody please get this deal done? I'm tired of Peavy already!!

QUOTE(#12):

Originally posted 02:04 PM ET  11.16 by EastCoastKeith

As a Padres fan/Yankee hater, it makes me sick to my stomach to see what you wrote here, but I completely agree with your rotation for the Yankees for April 2009. Then it implodes of course when Peavy and Burnett realize how much it sucks to be in NYC (more to life than the actual games they're on the mound) and Mussina realizes in July he should have retired. (you can't pitch CC everyday)

Well lets see. 162 games 81 on the road and 81 at home? That's alittle more than two months. I know Keith a couple of months in NYC separated by about 120 days in between is a real Beeeach. You would just die. I've been on vacations and business trips longer than that. But I'm sure they will establish permanent residence in Florida seeing as how there is no state income tax to reduce the millions they are going to make.