Peavy Saying All The Right Things

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 3, 2009 2:20PM

To hear him talk about, Jake Peavy's been chomping at the bit to hit the Windy City. In an interview yesterday with ESPN 1000 AM, Peavy said, "Things all happen for a reason and like I said, I couldn't be happier today to be putting on a White Sox uniform and be here with these guys." He also addressed the rumors this past winter that had him being shipped to Wrigley: "I think we got pretty close and [I] was excited about that, simply because I love the city of Chicago. I know a bunch of guys on the Cubs and like what they have built over there and [how I] was going to become part of that." Yesterday, Peavy threw 50 pitches off the mound before the Sox-Yankees game, the first time he's throw off a mound in six weeks.

Not that everybody thinks the Sox made the right call with their acquistion. Former Sox ace Jack McDowell, in his ChicagoNow blog, questioned the move. He was skeptical the timing of the trade given Peavy's injury -- wouldn't he still be available in the off-season? -- and wondered of the Sox overpaid for a guy who's stats are enhanced by pitching in the NL, in a pitchers' park. Time will tell if Kenny Williams is a genius or a sucker.

Additional reporting by Benjy Lipsman