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 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.

The San Diego Padres scoreboard for 9-7-08 - 9-16-08:

9/7/08: Padres 10, Brewers 1, Chris Young nearly a perfect game get the win.Moving him to 5-5 on the year.

9/8/08:Padres  4, Dodgers 0, Cha Seung Beak get the win, moving to 5-10 on the year.

9/9/08:Dodgers 2, Padres 6, with Heath Bell blowing the save and picking up the the loss.

9/10/08:Dodgers 7, Padres 2, with Shawn Estes gaining the win, making him 2-2 on the year.

9/11/08:Padres 11, Giants 3, with Josh Geer collecting his second win in 3 starts.Plus Adrian Gonzalez hit two homer and brother Edger Gonzalez hit a pitch-hit home run, and Drew Macias hit his first of his career. 

9/12/08:Giants 5, Padres 2, with Jake Peavy collecting his 11th loss of the season,making him 9-11.

9/13/08:Giants 7, Padres 0, shutout by Tim Lincecum making him 17-3 on the year, every well might be the CY Young winner in the NL,despite the Popularity vote that C.C Sabathia will get.

9/14/08:Giants 8, Padres 6, with a platoon of relief pitchers nine total, with Beak starting going only two innings, before being pulled with an injury. Mike Adams earned the blown save and Dirk Hayhurst getting the loss.

9/15/08:Padres 11, Rockies 5, Wade LeBlancearned is first win of his career, with a win at Coors Field that should give the rookie the confidence he’ll need going in too next year.

9/16/08:Rockies 10, Padres 3, Estes took his second straight loss in two starts.

Next Game: 12:05pm pt/2:05pm ct/3:05pm et. at Coors Field. No T.V  RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860,

J.Geer (2-0) vs. Livan Hernandez (11-11).

Following a close game Friday night, on Saturday night The San Diego Padreslose another as the Brew-Crew’s original ace Big Ben Sheets shut out the Padres on five hits.

Jake Peavythe Padres ace faired pretty well, considering he went 7 innings giving up only 5 hits one earned run 4 BBs and 5 SO. Cla Meredith went one inning giving up only one hit and 2 SO.

As the title mentions the Padres where shut out, so I’ll tell you who just hit the ball. Luis Rodriguez went 3-4 with 3 out of five Padre hits. Also Chase Headley went 2-4 with the rest of the Padres hits.

Tomorrow’s game will give the Padres a chance to at least split the series with the Brew-Crew as the Padres send Big Ole Chris Young(4-5) vs. Parra(10-6). Game starts 11:05am pt/1:05pm ct/2:05pm et 

The San Diego Padres win another from the Rockies taking 2 out of 3 from the series. Luis Rodriguez was the only offence for the Padres, going 2-5 with 2 hits and 2 RBI.

The pitching line was thrown up like this: Jake Peavy went 8 innings giving up only 5 hits 0 runs 2 BBs and 13 strikeouts. Trevor Hoffman gave Jake a no diecision with his 4th blown save of the season, he went one inning giving up 2 hits one earned one walk, and stealing the win from Peavy, making him 3-6 on the season.

On a Monday following a bad road trip, The San Diego Padres pull a win off of the first place D-Backs! Jake Peavywent 6 innings giving up 4 hits 2 runs both earned 2 BBs and 7 strikeouts. The Bullpen line went like this: Clay Hensley,Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman combined to throw up 3 scoreless innings only giving up one hit one BB, Hoffman got the win.
The batting lineup: Brian Giles went 4-4 with 3 hits one run scored an RBI and a BB, Jody Gerut went 1-5 with a two run homer his 14th home run of the season, also had a strikeout.
Adrian Gonzalez went 2-4 with a hit and two strikeouts, while brother Edger Gonzalez had a pitch hit appearance, he had a strikeout. Luis Rodriguez went 3-5 with a run scored an RBI and 2 strikeouts, Josh Bard went 1-3 with a hit a run scored a BB and 2 strikeouts, Chase Headley went 1-4 with a hit.
Tadahito Iguchi went 1-4 with a hit and 2 strikeouts, Scott Hairston had a pitch hit appearance and he had a strikeout, Peavy helped his own cause going 1-2 with a hit.
Tomorrow’s game will be Chad Reineke(1-1) vs. the second head of the three head pitching monster in Arizona B.Webb(19-4). Game starts at 7:05pm pt/10:05pm et
TV: 4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860

On a Sunday afternoon in SanFran, The San Diego Padres where handed their 7th straight loss.
Josh Banks lasted three innings giving up 5 hits and one run that was earned one walk and one strikeout. While the bullpen filled the rest of the starting line. Heath Bell, Wilfredo Ledezma and Brian Falkenborgcombined to throw up 2 and two thirds scoreless innings giving up only 2 hits 2 BBs and one strikeout. The Bad notes from the pen:Justin Hampson and Mike Adams combined to throw up 2 and one third innings and giving up 5 hits 6 earned runs one BB,one strikeout and one HR.Adams earned the loss.
The Batting line up went like this: Brian Gileswent 3-3 with 2 BBs one HR his 9th on the season, Luis Rodriguez went 2-5 with two singles, Jody Gerut went 1-5 with 2 SO. Kevin Kouzmanoff went 2-5 with a run scored, Chase Headley went 1-4 with a run scored and 2 SO, Edger Gonzalez went 1-4 with a hit an RBI and a run scored, plus a SO, brother Adrian Gonzalez went 1-5 with a strikeout.
Nick Hundley 1-3 with a hit and a RBI, Scott Hairston went 1-1 with a SO, and Josh Bard went 1-1 with a hit and a RBI.
Tomorrow’s game will highlight the Padres ace Jake Peavy(8-9) vs. one of three Arizona aces D.Haren(14-5). Game starts at 7:05pm pt/10:05pm et. 4SD/ RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860

As The San Diego Padres lose with their ace on the mound. Jake Peavy received his 9th loss of the season going 5 innings giving up 5 hits on 6 runs only 5 earned, 4 BBs 2 SO and 2 HR.
The rest of the bullpen faired like this, Clay Hensley and Wilfredo Ledezma combined 2 innings one hit 2 runs earned and 4 BBs and one SO.
One bright spot in the pen was Mike Adams going one inning scoreless and 3 SO.
Jody Gerut went 3-5 with a solo homer, it being his 13th of the year; also had a run scored. Kevin Kouzmanoff also hit his 19th of the year a two run shot. Tadahito Iguchi had a hit a run scored and an RBI. Brian Giles had a hit, Adrian Gonzalez had a hit a run scored and a RBI, Luis Rodriguez had two hits and Nick Hundley went 2-4 with a run score. Also Brian Myrow went 1-1 with an RBI.

Tomorrow game will be Chad Reineke (1-0) vs. B.Webb(18-4). game starts at 6:40pm pt/9:40pm pt.

TV: 4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860

After the day off on Monday, and finding out that one of their own has been shipped out to rival team; The San Diego Padres put up a fight against division leading Diamondbacks, but fall to them 6-7 in the long run.

Josh Banks got toss around in the first inning, with 4 runs 6 in total. Going 4 innings,4 hits 6 runs all earned 7 BBs 3 strikeouts giving up one HR to newly acquired D-Backs A.Dunn with his 33rd of the year. Justin Hampson and Brett Tomko throw-up 3 innings of shutout baseball giving up only one hit 2 BBs and 2 strikeout.

Brian Falkenborg gave up 2 hits one run it was earned, with 2 strikeout in one inning of work. The batting lineup goes like this; Brian Giles went 1-4 with a hit with a RBI and a run scored and one BB and one strikeout. Kevin Kouzmanoff went 2-5 with a run scored and a strikeout, Adrian Gonzalez went 4-5 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored brother Edger Gonzalez 1-2 with a run scored and a strikeout. Chase Headley went 2-4 with a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts.

Nick Hundley went 1-3 with a two BBs and a strikeout, Tadahito Iguchi went 1-3 with a RBI and a strikeout. Jody Gerut went 1-1 with a RBI in a pitch-hit appearance, also new comer Sean Kazmar went 2-1 with a sac-fly RBI his first of RBI of his career.

Tomorrow’s game will be Padres ace Jake Peavy(9-8) vs. D.Haren(13-6) game starts at 6:40pm pt/9:40pm et.               

On a day game with no t.v broadcasting The San Diego Padressurvive a game from the Brew Crew with Jake Peavyand ex-Padre Ben Sheets Dueling it out; Peavy went 7 innings giving up 4 hits one run it was earned 3 BBs and 8 strikeout it was a big performance and the Padres needed it.

The Bullpen as well keeping up it’s lately standard with Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman combining to throw up 2 innings with 2 hits one HR it was Hoffman’s and he got his 26th save of the season.

Jody Gerut had a hit and an RBI and two strikeout, Luis Rodriguez went 1-4 went a hit.Kevin Kouzmanoff went 2-4 with a run scored, Chase Headley went 2-3 with 2 hits a run scored and a BB. Tadahito Iguchi went 1-3 with and RBI and a run scored also had a strikeout, Brian Myrow had a sac-fly RBI.

Tomorrow’s (which i will be attending) will feature my favorite pitcher to watch pitch, 

Greg”Mad Dog”Maddux(6-8)(on the quest for 10 wins!) vs. J.Moyer(10-7) game starts at 7:05pm pt/10:05pm et.