FanNation - The Republic of Sport

Basically at this point for the Padres, Jake Peavy is like the 14-bed room mansion that a family is stuck with, cannot afford, and needs to burn down or give up in foreclosure no matter how wonderful the house is.

Which all equals... the Padres getting completely fleeced by someone and giving up this guy for nothing in return. In desperation, they'll be screwed by the Yankees, give up Peavy and take Hughes and Kennedy in return to make up the worst starting rotation (from 2-5 under Chris Young) in MLB history. Great days to be a Padres fan.
Meanwhile the Yankees will have a rotation where Peavy and Sabathia, and who knows who else. Great days to be a Yankee hater.

Blame this on Towers. The Braves made a very good offer for Peavy. They would probably make another good offer if Towers would pick up the phone and be reasonable.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 06:40 AM ET  12.12 by CardsFan2

Blame this on Towers. The Braves made a very good offer for Peavy. They would probably make another good offer if Towers would pick up the phone and be reasonable.

Cardsfan, I agree with you about 95 percent. I'd also put some of the blame on the Padres ownership who is making Towers' job impossible right now.

Towers has now shot himself in the foot twice, maybe he should aim a little higher next time, I hope Peavy sticks it to the Padres and makes the pay that whole contract, in reality we know that will not happen, but still would be nice.

Well Jake, if you're so "annoyed", then maybe you should reconsider the American League. Say...the Yankees. They could make the trade happen and you won't be in San Diego no mo. But instead, your gonna be picky and try and choose who you want to go to. SO deal with it.

I though the Braves deal fell apart because Peavy backed out of waiving his no trade clause for it.

If he really wanted out he wouldn't handcuff Padres management with this no trade clause. You can't demand to be traded to a team with no farm system or prospects to speak of and then expect it to happen.

I get that he may get 'stuck' on a bad team as the
source of frustration.......
but settle down. You are getting paid well
You'll be moved at some point- just keep your mouth shut
and WAIVE your no-trade.....then you'll be moved

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 09:56 AM ET  12.12 by Atomic Ritual

I though the Braves deal fell apart because Peavy backed out of waiving his no trade clause for it.If he really wanted out he wouldn't handcuff Padres management with this no trade clause. You can't demand to be traded to a team with no farm system or prospects to speak of and then expect it to happen.

Towers got greedy, wanted just a little bit more after the Braves offered , which was a great package, and the Braves were not going to give into him

He should be frustrated. They are overplaying their hand on this one because they have no real leverage to work with. Teams have made very competitive offers for Peavy only for the Padres to balk at it and demand even more. This just shows they are doing this to appease him and never had any real intention to trade him.

I now understand why the Padres are as bad as they are. Towers overplayed his hand and now he's either going to get stuck with a player he can't afford to pay and was essentially ordered to ship out, or he's going to have to take a worse deal than the ones he's already turned down. Either way, he's screwed.

Jake... it is easy. Let Towers and Cashman work it out... restructure your contract... make more money... play for the best franshice in sports... pitch with CC, Burnett, Wang, and Joba... and get 3-4 rings while you are at it.

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 04:20 PM ET  12.12 by Yankee27

Jake... it is easy. Let Towers and Cashman work it out... restructure your contract... make more money... play for the best franshice in sports... pitch with CC, Burnett, Wang, and Joba... and get 3-4 rings while you are at it.

And Burnett...

Does Towers know Rod Blagojevich? Talk about someone with their head up their a$$ !!!

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 07:47 PM ET  12.12 by Tell it like it is

I still think he'll end up in Atlanta. I cannot for the life of me figure out why St. Louis isn't making a run at Peavy.

I think they are serious about Fuentes. I'm not sure we can afford both. Peavy is a value at the price, but that's still a substantial price. We already have 3 starters on long term deals - Carpenter, Wainwright and Lohse.

I expect us to get another starter. It won't be an ace. I look for Mo to trade our surplus of outfielders for some promising young starters. Ankiel to Tampa Bay or if the Yanks don't get Teixeira, they may give us one of their two youngsters for him. If that doesn't pan out, we'll sign someone like Penny or Garland.

It's either that or Duncan doesn't like something he sees in Peavy. They'd never say it in public if that was the case.

QUOTE(#16):

Originally posted 09:31 PM ET  12.12 by Tell it like it is

True. Everything you say sounds right. But I have to believe they could afford Fuentes and Peavy both.

There's is one more possibility - wait until Towers has pissed off every other team in the league then swoop in and get him on the cheap.

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 10:13 PM ET  12.12 by CardsFan2

There's is one more possibility - wait until Towers has pissed off every other team in the league then swoop in and get him on the cheap.

well he is 2 for 2