Okay, I know I said I wouldn't start another post with a Padres comment, but I really didn't foresee them trading away injured P Jake Peavy, who was sent to the White Sox for four hurlers, three of them minor leaguers.
Immediate reaction: there are fewer true number one starters than major league baseball teams, so if you have one, you don't get better by sending him away.
The logical argument for trading Peavy is that his injury is nowhere close to healing and the front office is concerned about his future, whether he'll ever approach what he once was. GM Kevin Towers has unloaded damaged goods on other teams before, after all. However, you'd have to wonder what the White Sox are thinking in bringing such a guy to their ballclub.
The Padres organization has alienated local fans to the point where no one will buy the logical baseball argument. It's all about dumping salary. I gotta think the fans are right on this one.
The Padres are a better team today than they were yesterday for bringing in the new blood to the pitcher's mound, since Peavy was still on the DL. Lefty Aaron Poreda is a top prospect and could have some good years at Petco Park. But today no longer matters. What's important is whether the Padres will be better for this trade in April 2010 when everyone is healthy again, and the answer is clearly no.
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Randy Ready for Jim Lefebvre, who took over from Wally Joyner and on it goes with the batting coach position for the Padres. As long as they're trying to coax hits from the same ballplayers, it doesn't matter who the coach is.
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