Peavy Says No To Trade

Alabama Mobile The Chicago White Sox had reached an agreement with the San Diego Padres on a trade for Peavy who won the NL Cy Young in 2007. Late Thursday Peavy did not agree to waive his no-trade clause for the deal to go through.

by The Assocaited Press

Published: Thu, May 21, 2009 - 10:59 am CST Last Updated: Thu, May 21, 2009 - 9:53 pm CST

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The San Diego Padres have agreed to send the ace, Jake Peavy, to the White Sox, and the teams were waiting to see if Peavy would waive his no-trade clause, a person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press.

Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod, said he hadn't spoken to the 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner since Wednesday afternoon, just before the pitcher went to the ballpark.

"My suspicion is he still has a strong preference to stay in the National League," Axelrod said.

"I know nothing more than I knew yesterday afternoon. I don't know if there's a deal in place, if a deal's close, or whatever. There was a question posed to us as to whether Jake's position on going to the American League was still cast in stone or whether he'd consent to going to an AL team, specifically, the White Sox."

Late Thursday Peavy announced he was staying on in San Diego.

The Padres, who lost 99 games last season and aren't expected to contend this year, have been cutting payroll. Peavy is to earn $11 million this season, $15 million in 2010, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012. The Padres have a $22 million option for 2013 with a $4 million buyout.

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has expressed concern about spending big money in the current economic climate. Several older, high-paid players — including Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye, Jose Contreras and Octavio Dotel — can leave after this season, freeing up payroll for the most expensive part of Peavy's contract.

The White Sox are off to a slow start, but are expected to contend in the closely bunched AL Central.

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mob1 Says:

Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:29 am

I don’t really know Jake, really the only thing I know about him is his name. To reason I say this is, must these player get paid multi-millions just to play ball. Hell cut each player by 2-million and lower ticket prices. Sports players across the board just get paid way to much.

bobcat Says:

Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:36 am

Way to go Jake. Good Luck Buddy!