Well like I said this trade to the White Sox was no done deal, and Peavy eventually decided that this wasn't the right choice for him and its hard to blame him. Indeed, Peavy could have signed a deal more lucrative than the one he's got now elsewhere, but he wanted to be a Padre and he took less money to do it and an air-tight no-trade clause to make it stay that way. Sure the Padres are lousy right now, but in a very winnable NL West, who knows what will happen a year or two from now, a few good drafts maybe a trade or two and they're right back into the mix, you never know. Aside from that, he's in a great situation, he's in the ideal pitchers park where as I showed yesterday he excells at, he plays in San Diego, easily one of the nicest cities around and that probably makes him happy.
In contrast to that, its not hard to believe that Jake wouldn't see Chicago as a step upwards. Indeed, as a 20-1 drubbing by the hands of the Minnesota Twins last night showed, they're not looking that much better than the Padres thus far in pretty much every facet, pitching, hitting (White sox have the weakest hitting infield in baseball), fielding and every other thing you can imagine. All of these uncertainties make it unclear that Peavy would really be enough to get them over the hump, especially when you consider that Jake may even may not be as advertised when he moves away from the National League. It's impossible to project how good he would be, but it doesn't really matter because its not happening. Give Ken Williams credit for swinging the trade, he did everything he could to land one of the best pitchers in baseball, some things are just out of his control.
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