The Cubs now have 10 days to trade, waive, or release the 26-year-old righty.
May 2009
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Laughing Because It Isn’t the Cubs, oh, and Because It Is the White Sox
Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox – Recap – May 21, 2009 – ESPN. Butt = kicked. Oh, and on the same day as Peavy said he’d rather stay on the Padres than go to the White Sox. I almost don’t even care that the Cubs just got beaten down by the Cards. Tweet
Alfonso Soriano to Second Base?
Something that would have seemed a ridiculous joke just a week ago now seems like a real possibility: Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is intimating that he may move Alfonso Soriano to second base in order to get Micah Hoffpaiur in the lineup regularly. Manager Lou Piniella said before Thursday’s game that he has one [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 1, Cardinals 3 – May 21, 2009
Well, that’s a sweep, friends. Two runs scored in the entire series. Yup. Two. Swell. Tweet
Jake Peavy Says No to White Sox
Jake Peavy rejected his proposed trade to the White Sox earlier today. And there was much rejoicing. The two teams had a deal in place whereby the White Sox would have sent left-handed pitching prospects Aaron Poreda and Clayton Richard plus two more minor leaguers to San Diego for Peavy, but the trade needed Peavy’s [...]
MLB Punishment is Fair
If Milton Bradley touches an umpire with one atom’s worth of the brim of his helmet, it’s a two game suspension. If Jermaine Dye throws his helmet and it hits an umpire in the chest, it’s, um, a two game suspension. White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye received a two-game suspension and was fined an [...]
Jake Peavy to Chicago! wait, um, White Sox?
Maybe when Jake Peavy said he really wanted to come to Chicago if he were traded, he didn’t necessarily just mean the North Side. The latest rumor, seemingly spread late Wednesday night, has Peavy coming to the Sox in a trade from the Padres for Aaron Poreda and other top prospects. DailyHerald.com Blogs. A move [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 1, Cardinals 2 – May 20, 2009
Working on a little losing streak, eh? Swell. Tweet
Obsessive Peavywatch: Tired of It Yet? Too Bad!
You missed it. Admit it. You missed it. The Obsessive Peavywatch is back! New scuttlebutt from Jayson Stark has Jake Peavy possibly on the move, and the Cubs as a very possible destination. The Cubs’ ownership limbo now looks as if it might stretch until Christmas Eve. So who knows whether Cubs GM Jim Hendry [...]
