62 Results for jake peavy

Phillies, Red Sox among trade winners

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

What happens when you acquire Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez? You're a trade deadline winner, as the Phillies and Red Sox are, respectively.

Story | Conversation | July 31, 2009

'Most likely to get traded' nominees

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Who are the sellers most likely to sell? Here are the top candidates buyers should include on their trade-deadline shopping list.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009

If the Nats could trade Strasburg

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Team executives agree about Stephen Strasburg's talent but not about what the Nationals could get if they were allowed to trade the No. 1 pick.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009

Big Unit may not be last pitcher to reach 300 wins

Jayson Stark

...28 Jon Garland, 110 -- age 29 Carlos Zambrano, 99 -- age 28 Josh Beckett, 95 -- age 29 Jake Peavy, 91 -- age 28 Dontrelle Willis, 69 -- age 27 Dan Haren, 69 -- age 28 Now it's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009

Sorry, but this slot machine is broken

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The signing of Stephen Strasburg to whatever preposterous bonus he gets as the No. 1 pick should drive baseball toward making changes to the draft.

Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009

Managing with a human touch

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

What do you do with a player whose presence not so long ago was larger than his numbers? Managers Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel are pondering that very question right now.

Story | Conversation | May 28, 2009

Ibanez on a Sandwich Award-winning roll

Jayson Stark

...in a 10-inning complete game in which he walked 10 -- and won. And now a Jake Peavy note that has nothing to do with his no-trade clause: In his start last weekend...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2009

Players express interleague angst

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Interleague play is here to stay, but a majority of today's players dislike it and believe the annual NL-AL schedule needs some serious modifications.

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2009

Disabled-list conspiracy theories

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

When struggling pitchers Dontrelle Willis, Oliver Perez and Chien-Ming Wang suddenly landed on the disabled list, it raised more than a few eyebrows around the league.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2009

Sizing up A-Rod's 'historic' contract

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

How "historic" a player is Alex Rodriguez now? The Yankees could determine that in the money they'll pay him in the future.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009

The good, the bad and the ugly

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Is the Marlins' fast start a realistic view of how their season will go? And is Derrek Lee's slow start an illusion? Jayson Stark wonders.

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009

Huge health issues to watch closely

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Joe Mauer, Cole Hamels and Alex Rodriguez top the list of players who are on the mend to begin the season.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2009

So much at stake for Team USA this time

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Having been a big flop in the World Baseball Classic three years ago, Team USA has a lot riding on it to be successful this time around.

Story | Conversation | March 06, 2009

Team USA ready this time

Jayson Stark

...three onetime rookies of the year, a 20-homer man at every position on the field, Jake Peavy and Roy Oswalt at the top of the rotation and a bullpen that includes seven different...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2009

Atlanta reinvests in starting pitching

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

In adding Derek Lowe, Javier Vazquez and Kenshin Kawakami, the Atlanta Braves addressed their most glaring weakness: starting pitching.

Story | Conversation | February 21, 2009