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Jake Peavy to Chicago White Sox deal not a sure thing, agent says … The agent for San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy expressed doubt Thursday that his client is ready to sign off on a proposed trade to the Chicago White Sox. — Agent Barry Axelrod told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick that Peavy has a …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
ChiSox trade awaits Peavy's OK … The White Sox have reached agreement with the Padres on a trade for Jake Peavy but are awaiting Peavy's approval now, SI.com has learned. — Peavy has full no-trade power through next season and the trade will be entirely his call.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Peavy trade to White Sox may be near — Padres' ace would need to consent to deal — A team from Chicago is showing interest in trading four players for Jake Peavy - but for now, it's not the Cubs. — It's the White Sox. — According to Padres personnel, Peavy met …
Chicago Sun Times:
Sources: Jake Peavy rejects trade to the White Sox — A source close to the Jake Peavy camp said today that the ace pitcher has notified the San Diego Padres that he will not accept the trade to the South Side, apparently killing the deal that would have sent four players west and put Peavy in black and white.
Cork Gaines / MLB Rumors:
Jake Peavy Will Not Accept Trade to White Sox — 6:10pm: Ken Rosenthal argues that Peavy's decision to nix the deal was justified, saying, “If I were Jake Peavy, I would not go to the White Sox.” — Rosenthal thinks back to the offseason, when the Padres “blew two chances” to trade Peavy.
MLB.com:
Padres, White Sox agree; deal up to Peavy — San Diego ace must decide whether to waive no-trade clause — The Padres and White Sox have agreed on the terms of a potential trade that would send All-Star right-hander Jake Peavy to Chicago, two sources told MLB.com on Thursday, and the ball is now in Peavy's court.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Peavy deal to White Sox not imminent — It's unlikely the Padres will trade ace pitcher Jake Peavy to the Chicago White Sox, though the clubs discussed a 4-for-1 swap and Peavy has heard from a White Sox player who told him he would love for Peavy to become a teammate.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees hold kangaroo court — Players, coaches playfully dole out own brand of justice — NEW YORK — For two months, Xavier Nady dutifully collected scraps of paper in a shoebox tucked near the back of his locker — clubhouse infractions reported by his teammates, waiting …
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Ed Price / MLB FanHouse:
Mets Confirm Interest in Mark DeRosa — Even before Jose Reyes became the latest Met to suffer an injury, leaving Wednesday night's game, the Mets had been talking with the Indians about acquiring Mark DeRosa to play first base in Carlos Delgado's absence, an official from one of the teams confirmed to FanHouse.
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Strasburg injury only a back cramp — Prospective top pick leaves game, not seriously hurt — When Stephen Strasburg left his Mountain West Conference Tournament start against New Mexico in the eighth inning after a visit from the trainer and holding his back, baseball fans from San Diego …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Players express interleague angst — Most think annual NL-AL schedule is in dire need of a makeover — Another must-see edition of interleague play (insert your favorite Rockies-Tigers joke here) begins this weekend. And here's something you might not know:
Mark Bowman / Bowman's Blog:
Infante's injury is a crushing blow — To the casual baseball fan, word that the Braves are going to spend the next six-to-eight weeks without the services of Omar Infante might prove to be even less interesting than talk about Jose Canseco entering the world of mixed martial arts.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Big Papi ends long homerless drought — Ortiz goes deep for first time since September 2008 — BOSTON — The much-dissected drought finally ended in the bottom of the fifth inning at Fenway Park on Wednesday night, when Red Sox slugger David Ortiz had his first Big Papi moment of 2009.
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Wang will get another Triple-A start — Joe Girardi just announced that Chien-Ming Wang will start tomorrow night . . . for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Pawtucket. — The Yankees feel Wang's stuff is not ready to face big-league hitters. — Phil Hughes will pitch Monday against the Rangers in Arlington.
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Beck / Beck's Blog:
Pitch count facts — Edwin Jackson's 132 pitches are the most by a Tigers pitcher in the Jim Leyland era. The last Tiger to throw that many in a game was knuckleballer Steve Sparks, who threw 132 pitches against the Mariners on Aug. 21, 2002. — The last non-knuckleballer to hit that count?
R.J. Anderson / FanGraphs Baseball:
Revisiting Eric Chavez' Extension — Eric Chavez' career could be coming to a close soon. The list of injuries associated with Chavez is long and tiresome and this news has simply thrown gas on a debate just as silly; whether Billy Beane should have blame placed on him for the Chavez extension failing.
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
: MLB Owners Meetings End, TV Territories Vote Tabled — Major League Baseball's quarterly meetings have just ended, and with that, the vote to redefine MLB's television territories has, yet again, been tabled. The issue has now been tabled for the last two years.
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