The San Diego Padres Rumors: The Jake Peavy Drama!

10/19/2008-5:00pm est:the news that a certain NL ace (some guy named “J.Peavy…” heard of him?) is likely to be traded in the coming weeks. Let’s take a look back at the Peavy-mania and other notable stories of the past week:

• October 13, 2008: Peavy-Mania officially begins. Since then it’s been Peavy, Peavy, Peavy, and, oh yeah… more Peavy. The current frontrunners appear to be the Braves, with possible centerpieces including Yunel Escobar, Tommy Hanson, and Jason Heyward. A combination of those would certainly be appealing, but it sounds unlikely that more than one is available. Peavy would like to remain in the NL, and other possibilities have included the Dodgers, Astros, and Cardinals, though none seem to match up nearly as well as Atlanta. Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal analyzed some of Peavy’s suitors, and seems to be leaning towards the Braves as well. Braves fans don’t seem thrilled with the concept of giving up Escobar, Hanson, or Heyward. Personally, Peavy leaving PETCO wouldn’t worry me. He’s posted three dominant seasons away from PETCO, and clearly has the stuff to be dominant in any park. Facing the facts, any team is going to have to give up more than they’re comfortable with to land Peavy, because otherwise Kevin Towers won’t pull the trigger. This isn’t Johan Santana giving his team an ultimatum like we saw last offseason; Towers is in the driver’s seat.

10-13-2008-8:34pm est:

10-20-2008 9:16am est:not a fan of the American League or New York, so don’t look for him to land with the Yankees or Mets.  The Mets don’t seem interested anyway.

10-20-2008 4:14pm est:

According to Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals are not a serious player for J.Peavy.  Miklasz’s Cardinals sources downplayed the idea and noted that they’ve only had one conversation with the Padres.

As Miklasz says, it could be the money, the prospects, or both.  Viva El Birdos believes it would limit roster construction.  If the Cardinals take a pass and the Astros don’t have the goods, it might be down to the Braves, Dodgers, and Cubs.

The San Diego Padres Transaction
10-8-2008:
Sent RHP Kevin Cameron and 2B Craig Stansberry outright to Triple-A Portland. Activated RHP Tim Stauffer from the 60-day disabled list and sent him outright to Triple-A Portland
10-10-2008:
Activated C Michael Barrett from the 60-day disabled list and sent him outright to Triple-A Portland. Claimed INF Travis Denker off waivers from the San Francisco Giants
10-14-2008:
Sent OF Chip Ambres outright to Triple-A Portland. He refused the assignment and is a free agent.

The San Diego Padres Transactions:
10-2-2008:
Activated SS Khalil Greene and OF Scott Hariston from the 15-day disabled list.
10-6-2008:
Sent C Luke Carlin and SS Sean Kazmar outright to Triple-A Portland. C Josh Bard and LHP Shawn Estes cleared waivers and have elected to become free agents.
Other involving the Padres:
Toronto Blue Jays
Claimed RHP Dirk Hayhurst off waivers from the San Diego Padres

The Greg”maddog”maddux trade keeps giving

9-30-08 San Diego Padres
Acquired LHP Michael Watt and RHP Eduardo Perez from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The San Diego Padres Scoreboard:

9-21-08:Padres 6,The Nats 2. Cha Seung Beak moved to 6-10 with a 4.87 ERA. Adrian Gonzalez hit his 35th homer run of the season.Kevin Kouzmanoff went 3-4 with three RBIs.

9-22-08:NO GAME

9-23-08:The Dodger 10, The Pads 1 enough said.

9-24-08:Dodger 12, Pads 4 almost but worst copycat game.

9-25-08:The Pads 7, Dodger 5. Jake Peavy earned his 10th win of the year.A.Gonzalez hit his 36th homer of the year,plus Brian Giles got his 12th homer of the year.Will Venable went 1-4 with 2 RBI in the game.

9-26-08:The Pirates 6, The Pads 3. home runs by Nick Hundley his 5th of the year.

9-27-08:The Padres 3, The Pirates 2. Chris Young earned his 7 win of the season,leaving him at 7-6 with a 3.96 ERA on the year.A two run blast off the bat of Kouzmanoff his 23 of the year.

9-28-08:The Pirates 6, The Padres 1. The last RBI of the season went to Giles his 36th on the year.
This make the conclusion of The Padres season,one of the worst year ever in Padres history, from going possible contenders too, possible contenders for the first round pick next year;but they couldn’t even lose right or constantly. In the next following weeks I will giving report cards on the Padres player, and updated on the farms.