Today's Jake Peavy post
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2008 3:46 PM CDT
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PrintMany rival executives expect the Padres to deal Jake Peavy to Atlanta for something very close to this package of players: center field prospect Jordan Schaefer, pitching prospect Tommy Hanson and second baseman Kelly Johnson.
Hmmm...the Ranger equivalent would be something like Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, and David Murphy, maybe?
Andrus/Feliz/Salty probably trumps the Atlanta package discussed above.
Although I still think Peavy ends up in Atlanta.
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Thank God
I was going into Jake Peavy withdrawal.
He’s so dreamy.
Has Newberg upped the offer for him recently? Maybe throwing in Max and Erica to get it done?
"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky
by DJCahill on Oct 22, 2008 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Well then,
would you throw Seth and Melissa Lima’s dress in if it would seal the deal?
"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky
The Lima dress?
Sure. Not Seth, though. Seth is awesome. Even if he thinks that, after peeing in the potty, he needs to splash around in the toilet some.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Seth
He’s under control for longer than either Peavy or Greinke, though some question his seriousness.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
He just needs to throw more on the side
by Joey Matschulat on Oct 22, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
have you been watching me scap load??? perv.
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
But he...
scap loads like a champ.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 22, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
According to his mother...
…he discovered yesterday that he could use his plastic bat to hit things that he can’t otherwise reach.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
It's funny...
how the young mirror the elderly. When you’re young, you find out you can get some cookies off the shelf with a bat. When you’re old, you realize you’ll need to use your cane to press the life alert button after you’ve fallen off the crapper.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 22, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Having
Just fallen off, and having no cane, now what should I do? (Also can reach the cookies on the top shelf, but skip it if it turns out to be strenuous)
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Oct 22, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
This is why you need a cane for both instances...
however, you transcend my terrible elderly joke, Ed. You’re superhuman in your humble normality.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 22, 2008 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
How on earth
are you typing then? You fell clutching your Blackberry?
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
LOL
It’s your fault for letting Ben potty train the poor boy.
Monkey see, monkey do.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Oct 22, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
That makes me wonder
When my daughter was first learning to use the “big potty” we got a little step stool for her to step up on….I wonder if Ben uses one of those too?
"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn
by LSBUser on Oct 22, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's what's weird
No one really potty trained him.
I tried to, some, to no avail.
Then he went to preschool (the 2 year old class), and on the first day of class, saw some other little kids using the potty.
The teacher told my wife, when she picked him up, that he was very interested in them doing that.
The next day, at potty time, he apparently went on in there and did it himself.
Peer pressure is a remarkable thing.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
You're lucky.
My boys resisted peer pressure for almost 2 years.
not cool
I googled Melissa Lima and spent 30 minutes looking at WAGs here
http://www.coedmagazine.com/sports/4076
Okay, I take it back it was actually time well spent
by thedudeabides on Oct 22, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
heh.
A package of former Atlanta prospects trumps a package of current Atlanta prospects. nice.
Go Rangers!
Peavy
I say let him go to the Braves. First, Gammons brought up a really good point, over the last two seasons he has recorded 15 outs beyond the 6th inning. This is not a good sign for holding up in Texas. Second, if you think about the big pitching deals of the past few years, Bedard, Haren, Mulder, Hudson et al. then even when the other pitcher did well, as in the case with Haren, he was probably not better than the combined package that was shipped away. We could get Peavy but would probably be better off in the long run with Andrus and Feliz (not sure about Saltalamacchia). It would be exciting to get him, but I say let him go.
Fire Ron Washington
Callis
Weighed in on this in his espn chat today:
jsm (dallas): Buster said in his blog today that many rival execs “expect the Padres will deal Jake Peavy to Atlanta for something very close to this package of players: center field prospect Jordan Schaefer, pitching prospect Tommy Hanson and second baseman Kelly Johnson.” Could the Rangers best that offer with: Feliz or Holland, plus Andrus or Beltre, plus Laird or Saltalamacchia?
Jim Callis: That’s a comparable deal. The Padres really need a CF, so Schafer might be more attractive to them than Laird or Salty. Teagarden would be the C I’d want from the Rangers.
Callis also said he’d rather have Cain than Peavy. I wholeheartedly agree. Don’t know if Cain would be any cheaper though.
Peavy's arm could fall of at any moment.
If he comes here replace “could” with “will” and “any moment” with “on the walk to his car after the press conference where he officially signed his 3yr/75mm extension”.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Oct 22, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Peavy
First, Gammons brought up a really good point, over the last two seasons he has recorded 15 outs beyond the 6th inning.
That is wildly inaccurate. By my count, Peavy has 41 IP over the past two seasons after the 6th.
by Randy Richardson on Oct 22, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank you.
Now I don’t have to look that up.
It's filed under 'D'... for donut.
by NoNameOnCard on Oct 23, 2008 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I can't imagine
wanting to pitch in Arlington after pitching in SD. For the temperature, if nothing else.
"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky
Yeah
Even if the Rangers put together the best package (with their farm, they easily could), who says Peavy waives his no-trade to go to the Rangers, especially with the knowledge that he’d rather stay in the NL and that pitchers generally require a premium to pitch half their games at hitters’ parks.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
Yeah,
but he mostly talks about snow monkeys and possum fajitas and racoon meatballs.
"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky
Free Agent vs. Trade
I’d much rather sign Sabathia or Sheets… or Lowe for that matter, than trade for Peavy (or pretty much anyone else). We need to save our trade chips for when we actually have a chance to contend… say 2010? I mean really, does Peavy make us into a contender in 2009? We would still need Millwood and Padilla to combine for 30 wins and two of the young kids to win 10 each. And I have no faith in pitchers who haven’t pitched in the A.L.
Smells like Chan Ho Park, release 2.
I really hope he's dealt soon
so I can quit holding my breath on Andrus, CD, Feliz, Main and Holland. Let Atlanta have him
At this rate, he’ll be throwing 107-110 by 2012
I can't say I want the Rangers to make a move for Peavy
But I would rather have him than Greinke for two years.
BEN SHEETS!!!!!!!
please. I want a rotation like this:
Sheets
Millwood
Buchholz
McCarthy
Harrison
That is a World Series rotation my friends.
"God doesn’t step in and give us immunity from bad things. Otherwise, there would be no reason to cultivate faith." -TedFord
Not when two are in IR and two are struggling in there first or second year.
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
it's
a low risk/high reward rotation since we have many backup starters in this scenario, I consider this rotation the best use of our assets..
"God doesn’t step in and give us immunity from bad things. Otherwise, there would be no reason to cultivate faith." -TedFord
I think you are right
Since you could probably only get about 7 starts from a combination of Sheets, Millwood, and McCarthy.
"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn
by LSBUser on Oct 22, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Because Millwood has missed soooooooo many starts since coming here
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I am giving him 5 of those
"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn
by LSBUser on Oct 22, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Even though he has averaged 31 starts the last 3 years
Your logic is astounding
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Thanks!!!!
"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn
by LSBUser on Oct 23, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Is it really your contention that Bowden is better than Bucholz?
Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.
by Brian Thomas on Oct 22, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I think he believes it
This is the second post he has made in two different threads about it. Go figure.
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
only person in fucking baseball who would take bowden over buchholtz
and some would take masterson over bowden
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by knockoutking on Oct 22, 2008 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't
Imagine someone wanting Bowden or Masterson over Buchholz (most misspelled name in baseball?). I’m a huge Buc guy and would easily give up Salty+ or Tea+ to get him.
by groundingout on Oct 23, 2008 3:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Heh
Padilla, when “in country”, can give you more starts alone than three of that rotation.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Oct 22, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
whenever
one gets hurt, then we have many capable backups…
that’s why I believe this is the best possible low risk/high reward rotation.
"God doesn’t step in and give us immunity from bad things. Otherwise, there would be no reason to cultivate faith." -TedFord
I see your gameplan.
Confuse them with this gem:
we have many capable backups…
And as their heads are spinning, pop ’em again with this:
that’s why I believe this is the best possible low risk/high reward rotation.
by LiamP on Oct 22, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
From the shotgun seat
of the Peavy bandwagon, I say let the Braves have him.
That proposed Atlanta offer is beyond what I would pay. I’m willing to give SD one premium prospect (Feliz, Holland, Davis), or two near-premium prospects (Andrus, Salty, MaxRam, Tea, Beltre, Beavan, Main). And in the first case, I want a reliever back as well.
I still think that SD may prefer several B/B+ players as opposed to one A player and a bunch of lesser guys. But I say NO to an Andrus/Feliz deal or anything equivalent.
Justin Smoak
Went 2/4 today with a double in the AFL.
The Surprise Rafters are crushing – they’re last in team batting and last in team pitching.
It’s a bifecta of suckitude.
Van Damn
Why do people keep suggesting that we should throw Feliz or Holland in a deal for the oh so elusive ace? Or even a lower tier guy like Hurley?
At best, that’s 2 steps forward, 1 back. I get that not including a B to B+ pitcher might be a deal breaker. But we have positional B+ guys. We have lower level B+ pitchers. And our core ML position players need all the pitching help SOON. Not in 4 years when Perez and Main and Ross and co. are kicking in the door. Trade one of those guys if it has to be pitching (but don’t trade Main).
I just really think we need to put a temporary moratorium on trading AA or higher level pitchers unless we are blown away, considering the ages of our core positional talent. We need to see the Kikers, Harrisons, Hunters, and their ilk sort themselves out.
Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.
Preach on.
We all blast Hicksy for not being able to stick with a rebuilding plan and then as soon as a injury-risk ace hits the trade market everyone breaks out the old “damn the farm I wanna win NOW!” routine.
Patience, ya bunch of rowdy mother lovers.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Oct 22, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
He just got off the phone on the Ticket, too
Kind of awkward when they asked him from his book what his favorite baseball moment was and he was like, “Uh, I have no idea what you are talking about.” Then they tried to prompt him, and he still had no idea (this is his book!), then way later he was like, “Oh, I remember now! I like throwing guys out the best!”
LOL
Meaning of life? The aggregate collection of moments that you allow to enter into your consciousness, imo, fwiw, etc. (etc.)
by inactive lsb user on Oct 23, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
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