Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Padres have, again, traded RHP Jake Peavy to the White Sox.
According to Buster Olney on ESPN News, the Sox approached Peavy about the deal less than one hour before the 4 pm deadline.
Peavy approved the deal, reports MLB.com.
Peavy has been on the disabled list since June 9 with a [...]

Tim Redding is 0–2 with a 9.20 ERA in three starts, during which the Mets are 0–3.
Meanwhile, the Mets are 6–3 in Livan Hernandez’s nine starts this season, though five of the six wins were against the Braves, Pirates, Nationals, Marlins and Brewers.
Eventually, the Mets will promote Oliver Perez, who will re-join John Maine, Mike Pelfrey and [...]

Todd Zolecki of MLB.com talked to Barry Axelrod, who represents Padres RHP Jake Peavy, to gauge if his client would be interested in pitching for the Phillies.
According to Zolecki, while Axelrod believes the Phillies fit many of Peavy’s requirements, Philadelphia’s geographic location would most likely be a difference maker in Peavy’s [...]

Padres RHP Jake Peavy rejected a trade yesterday that would have sent him to the White Sox, according to multiple reports.
Peavy has full no-trade protection.
“San Diego is the place for us,” Peavy told reporters yesterday.  “We’ve made that decision, for the time being,” suggesting he could be open to accepting a deal to a different location.
According to SI.com, [...]

Update, 2:10 pm:
According to ESPN, the agent for Jake Peavy expressed doubt Thursday that his client is ready to sign off on a proposed trade to the White Sox because he prefers to stay in the National League.
Peavy’s agent told ESPN there are three or four teams he is willing to pitch for, while telling [...]

In a post to his blog for Newsday, David Lennon writes, “I’m joining the howling ranks of Mets Nation this morning in saying that the biggest priority for this team come mid-July (or earlier) will be trading for - or signing - some help for the rotation.”
…i have been writing and saying this since the end of [...]

Yesterday, the New York Times said free-agent LHP Andy Pettitte rejected Brian Cashman’s one-year, $10 million offer, as the pitcher continues to seek a $16 million deal.
However, the Yankees are still open to negotiating with Pettitte, according to FoxSports.com and the Daily News.
Actually, Joel Sherman of the New York Post believes the Yankees are more likely [...]

CC Sabathia’s deal from the Yankees includes an opt-out clause after 2011, through which he will earn $69 million, otherwise the deal is worth $161 million over seven years, writes Tim Brown and Gordon Edes at Yahoo! Sports.
Speaking of starting pitchers…
The major road block keeping Jake Peavy from being sent to Chicago is the Cubs [...]

This morning on ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, Buster Olney said he believes A.J. Burnett will sign a contract this week.
Yesterday, ESPN’s Peter Gammons said talks between the Braves and Burnett are progressing well.
However, according to Jon Heyman at SI.com, ‘The Yankees are prepared to top Atlanta’s reported $60 million, four-year offer to Burnett.’
Meanwhile, according to [...]

According to Ken Rosenthal, of FoxSports.com, the Phillies are working with the Cubs and Padres, in an effort to get Jake Peavy to Chicago.
“The Padres like some of the Phillies young minor-league pitchers,” Rosenthal explains, citing major-league sources, “but the talks are only in the preliminary stages.”
Rosenthal believes the Cubs tried to push Jason Marquis to [...]