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| Height: 6-1
Weight: 182
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: May 31, 1981, Mobile, AL Contract: Signed through 2012; club option for 2013 |
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| December 12, 2007 Jake Peavy inked a three-year contract extension with the Padres Wednesday worth $52 million. The deal also includes a $22 million option for 2013. Peavy won 19 games with a 2.54 ERA and 240 strikeouts on his way to his first Cy Young Award in 2007, and he'll be the first pitcher selected behind Johan Santana in most drafts next spring. |
| December 3, 2007 Jake Peavy and the Padres are working on a three-year contract extension that would pay the right-hander about $17 million per season, according to the AP. "I would say that we are making progress," Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod, told MLB.com at the winter meetings in Nashville, Tennessee. "It's pretty encouraging." Peavy, the 2008 CY Young winner, is currently signed through 2008, although the Padres hold an $8 million option for the 2009 season. |
| November 15, 2007 Jake Peavy captured the NL's Cy Young Award in dominating fashion Thursday, snagging all 32 first-place votes. Peavy was trailed in the voting by Brandon Webb, Brad Penny, Aaron Harang and Carlos Zambrano. |
| September 30, 2007 Jake Peavy will get the ball for the Padres tomorrow in the one-game playoff with the Rockies. Colorado will counter with Josh Fogg. The winner of the game with play Philadelphia on Wednesday. "I think the spirits and the mood right now is a little downtrodden, but we're going to get it up," Peavy said in the AP. "I'm not going to let this happen tomorrow. I can promise you it'll be a new day, the boys will be excited. I mean, this is why we play the game." |
| September 29, 2007 It was thought that Jake Peavy would start Sunday on three day's rest if the Padres had yet to clinch a playoff spot. They haven't clinched, but it looks like Brett Tomko will get the nod in the regular season finale, according to the AP. "The most important game we play will be our last one," manager Bud Black said. "Sunday probably won't be our last game." |
| September 26, 2007 Jake Peavy is prepared to start on three days of rest Sunday if the Padres need the game for a playoff spot. If the game is meaningless to San Diego, Brett Tomko will likely start. San Diego enters Wednesday's play one game ahead of Colorado and Philadelphia in the Wild Card race; the Padres are also two games back of Arizona in the NL West. It's hard to imagine how this crazy race will be decided before Sunday, so it looks like Peavy owners can look forward to a pair of starts. He'll go today at San Francisco, then Sunday at Milwaukee, as needed. |
| September 4, 2007 The Padres will start Jake Peavy on three days' rest Wednesday in the finale of a crucial three-game series with the D'Backs, according to SportsTicker. Jack Cassel was originally slated to start Wednesday. |
| August 15, 2007 Jake Peavy will start Friday night's game against Houston on his regular four days rest rather than Saturday night as originally planned, the AP reports. |
| July 15, 2007 Jake Peavy threw a light side session before Saturday's game as he prepares for Tuesday's start, the Padres official site reports. Peavy was pushed back from his turn this week due to biceps soreness. |
| July 13, 2007 Jake Peavy's first start of the second half will be moved back from Sunday to Tuesday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "I have a little ache in my biceps," Peavy said. "It's nothing I haven't had before." Said manager Bud Black: "After talking to Jake it was in the best interest for him and the club to move him back a couple of days." |
| July 9, 2007 Jake Peavy was named the starting pitcher for the National League for Tuesday's All Star game, according to the AP. He has a 9-3 record with a 2.19 ERA in 18 starts so far this season. Peavy leads the NL with 125 strikeouts and is second in ERA behind teammate and fellow All-Star Chris Young. |
| May 29, 2007 The Padres will bump Jake Peavy up one day in the rotation, according to the AP. Peavy will start Friday in Washington while rookie Justin Germano will start Saturday. "Jake has pitched a lot with an extra day over the course of the year," manager Bud Black said. "We just like to get him on regular rest." Peavy has pitched on more than the regular four days' rest four times this season. Germano, meanwhile, has thrived in his past two starts when having extra rest. |
| May 11, 2007 Jake Peavy became the first pitcher in Padres franchise history to strike out at least 10 in four straight starts, after limiting the Cardinals to three hits in seven scoreless innings in a 7-0 win Friday night. He struck out 10 and walked only two. He's struck out 46 in 28 innings over four starts, a span in which he's 2-1 with a 0.96 ERA. |
| April 25, 2007 Jake Peavy was brilliant in Wednesday's start at Arizona, striking out 16 Diamondbacks over seven scoreless innings. Peavy scattered five barerunners (two hits, three walks) while he was in the game, and at one point he struck out nine consecutive batters. Unfortunately for Peavy, the Diamondbacks wound up stealing the game with three runs in the last two innings, capped by Stephen Drew's walkoff homer in the ninth. |
| March 19, 2007 Jake Peavy was dominant against the A's on Monday, throwing 4 2/3 innings of three-hit ball. He struck out six and walked two. Peavy holds a 4.40 ERA with 19 Ks in 14 1/3 innings this spring. |
| March 14, 2007 Jake Peavy was sharp in his start Wednesday, allowing one run and two hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out six. It's encouraging to see Peavy get it together like this, given that he's been dealing with a dead arm at times this month. |
| March 10, 2007 Bud Black says Jake Peavy is dealing with dead arm syndrome right now, though Peavy won't miss any time because of it, the Padres official site reports. Black also wrote off the ailment as something common to pitchers in the spring. Peavy allowed four runs in 2 2/3 innings in his start Friday. |
| March 2, 2007 Jake Peavy worked with a personal trainer in the offseason and said his arm feels strong, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "It was way more than what I have done," he said of the workouts. Peavy also admitted he didn't feel very good during his 19-pitch stint Thursday, though he blamed that on a sinus ailment that has flared up in Arizona. |
| January 26, 2007 The disorderly conduct charge on Jake Peavy has been dropped, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Peavy was arrested and charged at the Mobile Regional Airport three weeks ago over a double-parking incident. |
| January 4, 2007 Jake Peavy was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Thursday at Mobile Regional Airport, according to the AP. He was taken to the Mobile County Metro Jail shortly before 7 a.m. and was released on a $350 bond. Padres GM Kevin Towers said Peavy was headed for a goodwill tour of the Dominican Republic with other major league players when he double-parked to drop off his bags and was told by airport police to move his car. "The airport police told him he couldn't park his car there and he said, 'Write me up a ticket and I'll pay for it,"' Towers said. "He was arrested." |