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Peavy says he'd waive no-trade clause to be Astro

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by vstexas09, Oct 17, 2008.

  1. No Worries

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    You may be wrong here. Valverde had been alternating good and bad seasons. If the trend had continued, the Astros last year would have caught his next bad season, which they did not. Valverde has now shown that his last year with the D-Backs was not a fluke, career year and that he can put two good years together. Valverde has worth.

    That said, it is unclear if Valverde could bring enough prospects to entice San Deigo to deal Peavy, even if we throw in Pence and our best minor league pitching prospect.
     
  2. MadMax

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    Valverde's prospects alone probably wouldn't get it...but pair that with Pence and one of our pitching prospects and I'm not sure SD is seeing better offers....especially as Atlanta and St. Louis back out of the running.

    I was very skeptical this deal would happen.....but as time goes on, the Astros likely stay in the picture simply because SD knows he'd waive the no-trade clause. They either continue to pay Peavy, or best deal that saves them that money.
     
  3. Nick

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    Exactly... just replace Roy/Lance with Shane Reynolds/Bagwell/Biggio.

    The thing about Roy and Lance, however, is that both are currently locked up and getting paid at a bargain rate while they're in their primes. They're tremendously tradeable assets that any team would fork over a ransom for.

    If they can assemble a team/develop prospects that can compete towards the tail-end of their prime (like they did with Biggio/Bagwell... by having roy and lance develop, while signing pettite/clemens), you hang on to them.
     
  4. msn

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    Need to get Peavy because we need a new name to put on our inexorably closing "window". :p
     
  5. Francis3422

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    I had a dream last night that we got Peavy. Its gonna happen. Probably about 6-10 days.
     
  6. stonecold999

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    i hope u r mr. drayton
     
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    According to this article it states that Peavy has put the teams in some sort of order, in correlation to which team he wants to play for. Obviously it states that the NL teams are still the top 5 teams, but I am wondering how high the Astros are on that list.
     
  9. stonecold999

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    If the astros have a chance to an allstar pitcher like Jake Peavy, they will go for it as long as the trade doesnt include Carlos Lee, Lance Berkman, and Roy Oswalt... anyone else should be available for this trade..
     
  10. BrooksBall

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    I had a dream that your dream was just a meaningless dream. Keep dreaming.
     
  11. msn

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    I had a dream that the Astros were about to go to and win the World Series, but then Fred Brocklander called Craig Reynolds out at first when he was safe by a freaking mile.
     
  12. Chuck 4

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    Looks like The Braves still have the inside track. Via ajc.com:

    By David O'Brien

    November 4, 2008 10:55 PM

    Tazawa’s stuff does look quite impressive on video.

    Oh, and on the Peavy front … I got the impression, from talking to a few agents and others before I left the meetings hotel tonight, that the Peavy thing could be done sooner than later. A lot of people think it’ll be the first big domino to fall.

    GM Frank Wren acknowledged ongoing Peavy discussions tonight, first time he’s done so publicly. He also said they’re not at a standstill.

    “We’re having good dialogue,” he said. “Just have to wait and see what happens.”
     

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