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Heyman: Peavy rejects Rangers

SI's John Heyman has a new article where he says the Rangers will be in on Brian Fuentes.  He also had this to say about Peavy.

Padres ace Jake Peavy is seen as accepting a trade to at least any of his top five choices -- the Braves, Cubs, Cardinals, Dodgers or Astros -- and perhaps a few others, though his no-trade provision allows him to reject any deal. Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod, who told SI.com that his client is "reeling'' from the Padres' sudden interest in trading him (and possibly also from their new plan to rebuild), said his client would prefer the National League and has turned down one American League team already.

While Axelrod declined to say which team Peavy rejected, one person familiar with the situation said he believed that Peavy has told the Padres he would veto a few AL teams, including the Rangers. After years at pitcher-friendly Petco Park, it's understandable that Peavy would not want to try out that bandbox in Texas.

I'm sure AJM is devastated by this news. As I'm sure most of us expected, Peavy will not be coming to pitch for the Rangers.  Once again, the Rangers are cock blocked by a no-trade clause.  Can the other MLB teams do themselves a favor and stop giving those out to their ace pitchers?  Thanks.