12-11-2008, 09:10 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Cubs are willing to trade Mark DeRosa to get a deal done for San Diego Padres right-hander Jake Peavy, but they appear unwilling to part with the pitching depth left-hander Sean Marshall provides -- even if it means they don't land the 2007 National League Cy Young winner.
As the final full day of business at the winter meetings wound down Wednesday, Padres general manager Kevin Towers and Cubs GM Jim Hendry were expected to talk again about Peavy. But it looked increasingly likely that the parties would leave Las Vegas today without a deal in place, despite Towers' self-imposed deadline of having clarity on the subject by then.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Sources said the Padres considered the ball in Hendry's court in terms of making a potential three-team deal involving the Philadelphia Phillies happen. But the Cubs are operating without the same sense of urgency as the Padres, which seems to put the greater pressure on Towers.
That said, a Cubs source said there was still a feeling in the organization that a deal would get done. And Towers told San Diego media that he expected to know by today and that it might take a fourth team.
A source with the Phillies confirmed their interest in DeRosa, but he characterized the talks as slowing down. The source called the list of three Phillies minor-leaguers that ESPN reported were being considered in the trade ''erroneous.'' The report said two of the three would go to the Padres for DeRosa.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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As the final full day of business at the winter meetings wound down Wednesday, Padres general manager Kevin Towers and Cubs GM Jim Hendry were expected to talk again about Peavy. But it looked increasingly likely that the parties would leave Las Vegas today without a deal in place, despite Towers' self-imposed deadline of having clarity on the subject by then.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Sources said the Padres considered the ball in Hendry's court in terms of making a potential three-team deal involving the Philadelphia Phillies happen. But the Cubs are operating without the same sense of urgency as the Padres, which seems to put the greater pressure on Towers.
That said, a Cubs source said there was still a feeling in the organization that a deal would get done. And Towers told San Diego media that he expected to know by today and that it might take a fourth team.
A source with the Phillies confirmed their interest in DeRosa, but he characterized the talks as slowing down. The source called the list of three Phillies minor-leaguers that ESPN reported were being considered in the trade ''erroneous.'' The report said two of the three would go to the Padres for DeRosa.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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