The geniuses want Burnett probably and that is an accident waiting to happen. He will break down and Waldman and the other yankee shills will whine. Well you wanted him right? Peavy hasn’t pitched in the AL but anyone is a better fit than AJ. Lowe, Peavy and CC are ill far preferable to AJ, who will be another blunder a la Igawa and Pavano.

Its a good thing you are one of the few who think Phil Hughes will end up being Carl Pavano, Andy Benes or Aaron Sele, however, if you can make a trade for Adrian Gonzalez AND Jake Peavey I think you have to take a look at it. Hypothetically, if you are Brian Cashman and you can make that trade AND sign C.C. you have a rotation of Sabathia, Wang, Peavey, Chamberlain and whoever with the solid bullpen of young arms and the offense returns to form…that sounds like a winner to me.

“Do you seriously want a guy that has only pitched in the NL West?”

i guess you answer your own question, right?

“Do not get me wrong, I would try to make a multiplayer deal getting him & A. gonzalez in a large deal.”

I wouldn’t trade cano or hughes for peavy. There seems to be an all around consensus that if a guy has one relatively bad year and a guy that is 22 yrs old and still needed some development in the minors, let’s get rid of them for a more established player that we will have to pay millions to play for us. I understand everyone’s attitude towards cano, but he had a bad first couple of months, but the rest of the season wasn’t bad. He definitely missed Bowa, but why trade him at the low end of his value and then go after a 31 yr old that we may not get. If the yanks do not get hudson, who plays second?

On to phil, he doesn’t get traded for santana, he knows that his name was in the mix and he was named to the rotation. He wanted to do his best, was probably nervous about the whole thing, couldn’t see the signs, etc. One thing, do not believe that Kennedy was NEVER part of any offer for santana.

Peavy pitched against the Yankees this year and posted a 6.75 ERA, lasted only 4 innings. Do you seriously want a guy that has only pitched in the NL West?

Do not get me wrong, I would try to make a multiplayer deal getting him & A. gonzalez in a large deal.

Interesting, but maybe only if Hughes was 3 years older and still hadn’t pitched to his potential… But by that point, I’m sure San Diego wouldn’t do the deal.

Maybe also if this *last* offseason and it was a 1 for 1 deal…

Moose, Peavy, Joba and Wang for the whole year would have been pretty nice.

Peavy’s road/home splits are relevant, but if you go year-by year, he has pretty much been equally good most seasons (see 2004, 2005 and 2007). Still, it is something to consider, but not concerning enough to mitigate against all of the other positives.

If you want to focus on RSAA since 2006 (which happens to be Peavy’s only non-great year since 2004) fine, but then you miss the point about projecting who will be the better pitcher going forward. Cook has settled into a level that defines middle of the rotation, while Peavy has show that he can be dominant. Peavy is also 2 years younger than Cook, which is significant for a pitcher.

What’s more, the difference in RSAA is not insignificant, especially when you consider Peavy had a poor 2006 (probably from pitching most of the season with an injury).

Peavy has always struggled outside of his home park.

I would rather sign CC and AJ….Keep hold of Cano and then see how Hughes fares in the first month of AAA ball next season.

“He also pitches in the NL West”

not that I’m mr. statistician myself, but this is pretty lazy reasoning. if you watch the guy pitch, you realize he’s got great stuff.

the only problem Peavy gets himself into is his tendency to try and strike too many people out instead of pitching to contact at times… winds up throwing too many pitches.

i think thats more of a pitching mentality or philosophy thing on the mound then talent and ability for him.

He also pitches in the NL West…I’d pass, personally