06-14-2009, 02:09 AM
<!--quoteo(post=43965:date=Jun 12 2009, 10:46 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jun 12 2009, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33455:date=Apr 27 2009, 11:41 AM:name=cherp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cherp @ Apr 27 2009, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33434:date=Apr 27 2009, 09:57 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Apr 27 2009, 09:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I bet Kevin Towers is might proud of that hard line he took with the Peavy negotiations. "I want all of your good prospects, AND I want you to take this 81 million dollar contract off of my hands during the middle of a recession".
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BT - His team is 10-8 with a 43mm payroll and under 30mm in obligations for 2010. Why should he not be proud?
Unless he is forced by ownership to dump Peavy later, and he is forced (by the market and by JPs NTC) to take less than they feel he is worth, he should be proud that he held his ground and didn't take it in the shorts and give up the (expected) best player on his team.
Now hindsight is 20/20 and JP has a near 6.00 ERA, but nobody was projecting that when they were talking about acquiring him, and I doubt anyone expects that to continue over the course of his 30+ starts.
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Now Peavy is out until after the trade deadline? Man, I really have to agree with BT here on this one.
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No doubt...but predicting a torn ankle ligament wasn't predictable. The Pads had a deal in place to move him to get the Sox two best pitching prospects. Had Peavy not vetoed it, they'd have gotten a huge loot for him.
But yes - BT was right.
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BT - His team is 10-8 with a 43mm payroll and under 30mm in obligations for 2010. Why should he not be proud?
Unless he is forced by ownership to dump Peavy later, and he is forced (by the market and by JPs NTC) to take less than they feel he is worth, he should be proud that he held his ground and didn't take it in the shorts and give up the (expected) best player on his team.
Now hindsight is 20/20 and JP has a near 6.00 ERA, but nobody was projecting that when they were talking about acquiring him, and I doubt anyone expects that to continue over the course of his 30+ starts.
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Now Peavy is out until after the trade deadline? Man, I really have to agree with BT here on this one.
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No doubt...but predicting a torn ankle ligament wasn't predictable. The Pads had a deal in place to move him to get the Sox two best pitching prospects. Had Peavy not vetoed it, they'd have gotten a huge loot for him.
But yes - BT was right.