captainclutch24
05-22-2009, 04:40 PM
I can't blame peavy for not wanting to come here and either should you. For one he has always said the only AL team he was interested in playing for was the Angels and that is because they are in Southern California.
Why would he want to go from one team with a piss poor offense to another team with piss poor offense. The Padres are ranked 30th in BA, 28th in OBP, 30th in Runs, and 16th in HRs.The White Sox are ranked 26th in BA, 26th in OBP, 28th in Runs, and 20th in HRs. His major complaint with the Padres has been their inability to score runs, constantly forcing the pitchers to pitch shut outs to have a shot at winning. It would be no different for him coming to the White Sox right now, as the Sox offense is dismal and pathetic. It wouldn't be fair to him night after night to watch him give up 2 or 3 runs, and be in line for the loss. Plus our bullpen has been crappy with a 4.40 ERA so why would he want to come here with a bullpen that is worse than San Diegos which has a 4.22 era.
Also, why would he want to accept a trade from a team that is gonna probably win between 66-74 games, to a team that will win around 74-80 games. It is not a better situation for him to go to right now. If the Sox were a contender, and this had been near the all star break then he might of said yes but at this point I can't blame him for not wanting to come to the southside.
Finally, for those of you who think he is scared of AL hitting that is a load of crap.
Here are his interleague stats.
20Games/12HOME/8AWAY/8W/8L/120.1INN/48R45ER/113K/109H/33BB/13HR
That is a game average of
6.0INN/3.37ERA/8.45K9/8.15H9/1.18WHIP/0.97HR9
His stats on the road when there is a DH
8GAMES/4W/4L/48.2INN/17R16ER/50K/35H/15W/7HR
That is a game average of
6.0INN/2.96ERA/9.34K9/6.54H9/1.04WHIP/1.31HR9.
As you can see, Peavy pitched much better playing American League teams when a DH was present. In 6 of his 8 losses the Padres scored 2 runs or less, and in 6 of the 8 losses he gave up only 3 Earned runs, and 4 earned in the other 2. Peavy was not gonna turn the Sox season around, as this team needs a lot more help. There is no reason to bitch, moan, and groan because he did the smart thing for his career right now by staying with San Diego. I would have loved to have seen him in a Sox uniform, but it is very easy to understand why he didn't accept that trade.
Why would he want to go from one team with a piss poor offense to another team with piss poor offense. The Padres are ranked 30th in BA, 28th in OBP, 30th in Runs, and 16th in HRs.The White Sox are ranked 26th in BA, 26th in OBP, 28th in Runs, and 20th in HRs. His major complaint with the Padres has been their inability to score runs, constantly forcing the pitchers to pitch shut outs to have a shot at winning. It would be no different for him coming to the White Sox right now, as the Sox offense is dismal and pathetic. It wouldn't be fair to him night after night to watch him give up 2 or 3 runs, and be in line for the loss. Plus our bullpen has been crappy with a 4.40 ERA so why would he want to come here with a bullpen that is worse than San Diegos which has a 4.22 era.
Also, why would he want to accept a trade from a team that is gonna probably win between 66-74 games, to a team that will win around 74-80 games. It is not a better situation for him to go to right now. If the Sox were a contender, and this had been near the all star break then he might of said yes but at this point I can't blame him for not wanting to come to the southside.
Finally, for those of you who think he is scared of AL hitting that is a load of crap.
Here are his interleague stats.
20Games/12HOME/8AWAY/8W/8L/120.1INN/48R45ER/113K/109H/33BB/13HR
That is a game average of
6.0INN/3.37ERA/8.45K9/8.15H9/1.18WHIP/0.97HR9
His stats on the road when there is a DH
8GAMES/4W/4L/48.2INN/17R16ER/50K/35H/15W/7HR
That is a game average of
6.0INN/2.96ERA/9.34K9/6.54H9/1.04WHIP/1.31HR9.
As you can see, Peavy pitched much better playing American League teams when a DH was present. In 6 of his 8 losses the Padres scored 2 runs or less, and in 6 of the 8 losses he gave up only 3 Earned runs, and 4 earned in the other 2. Peavy was not gonna turn the Sox season around, as this team needs a lot more help. There is no reason to bitch, moan, and groan because he did the smart thing for his career right now by staying with San Diego. I would have loved to have seen him in a Sox uniform, but it is very easy to understand why he didn't accept that trade.