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CHICAGO (AP)—Jake Peavy(notes) finally agreed to pitch for the White Sox.
The San Diego Padres traded their ace to Chicago on Friday, barely beating the deadline to make deals without waivers.
The Padres got four young pitchers for the 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner— Clayton Richard(notes), Aaron Poreda(notes), Dexter Carter and Adam Russell(notes).
In May, the Padres and White Sox agreed to a deal for Peavy, but he turned it down. This time, Peavy agreed to waive his no-trade clause and join the AL Central contenders.
“The ultimate decision was when the team you’re playing for actively keeps telling you they need to move you, and one team comes after you like Chicago did, you’re excited to play for a team where you know you’re wanted,” Peavy said during a news conference in San Diego.
“In May, we didn’t think it was the right time, but now things are a little bit different on a lot of fronts. … I think the only reason this deal was able to get done is because they did pursue it actively in May. In May, we had just won five or six games in a row and had creeped above .500, and Chicago wasn’t really in the shape that they’re in now.”
The San Diego Padres traded their ace to Chicago on Friday, barely beating the deadline to make deals without waivers.
The Padres got four young pitchers for the 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner— Clayton Richard(notes), Aaron Poreda(notes), Dexter Carter and Adam Russell(notes).
In May, the Padres and White Sox agreed to a deal for Peavy, but he turned it down. This time, Peavy agreed to waive his no-trade clause and join the AL Central contenders.
“The ultimate decision was when the team you’re playing for actively keeps telling you they need to move you, and one team comes after you like Chicago did, you’re excited to play for a team where you know you’re wanted,” Peavy said during a news conference in San Diego.
“In May, we didn’t think it was the right time, but now things are a little bit different on a lot of fronts. … I think the only reason this deal was able to get done is because they did pursue it actively in May. In May, we had just won five or six games in a row and had creeped above .500, and Chicago wasn’t really in the shape that they’re in now.”