July 31: The clock stroked 4:00 PM and the trade deadline befell, but that didn't stop Kevin Towers and Kenny Williams from striking a last second deal. Current details are unknown, but here's the spin from the last time we heard this:White Sox acquired: Jake Peavy
Padres acquired: Aaron Poreda, Clayton Richard and 2 PTBNL
It was a nice haul for the Friars, but Peavy rejected the trade, reportedly having a strong NL preference. The Padres had to be fuming, as a day after the rejecting a trade, Peavy was placed on the DL and hasn't been off of it since; surely diminishing his value. Rumored to be in today's deal are Poreda (again) and RHP, Adam Russell. No further details have arisen.
UPDATE: The White Sox have confirmed they have landed Peavy, and that he has, indeed, accepted the trade of:
White Sox acquire: Jake Peavy
Padres acquire: Aaron Poreda, Clayton Richard, Dexter Carter and Adam Russell
Winner: Padres
The White Sox are in the thick of the AL Central, 2.5 back and Peavy is the perfect counter to Detroit's acquisition of Jarrod Washburn. Peavy, however, is still on the DL and the Sox found themselves giving up the same package they offered back in May centered around Poreda & Richard. This move helps the Sox immensely, pending Peavy's recovery, but relatively speaking, they overpaid for damaged goods. San Diego got luuuuuuuuucky. Regardless of how good a healthy Peavy is, he wasn't carrying San Diego anywhere soon.
At least the Sox didn't lose Beckham.
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