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Kyle Hendricks opposes Jake Peavy tonight at AT&T Park.
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Kyle Hendricks opposes Jake Peavy tonight at AT&T Park.
It happens every year: A solid productive player on your fantasy baseball roster gets traded to a team that just plans on using him as a backup. If you're lucky, one of your backups is the benefit of such a trade, too. However, every fantasy owner needs to make adjustments after July 31 to make sure their rosters are still competitive and productive. If not, it's a slow crawl to the end of September and sixth place in your league.
Peavy's deal is for two years and $24 million.
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Jake Peavy will oppose Edwin Jackson tonight at Wrigley Field, assuming there aren't tarp troubles.
Jose Quintana opposes Jake Peavy this afternoon at AT&T Park.
Jake Arrieta opposes Jake Peavy tonight at Fenway Park.
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The trade deadline was just step one in a multi-tiered process, and the part that we can't know yet is how the White Sox plan to behave this offseason.
John Danks expected a good outing from former teammate Jake Peavy. He got a weak effort from himself.
Jake Peavy charges through baseball at one speed, throttle wide open, pedal to the metal. Always has.
If you would have asked me several months ago — and many of you did — whether this White Sox team would execute a bevy of trades before the season came to an end, I would have told you — and I did — that I'd be surprised if they made more than a deal or two.
Something good is happening, and it's visible in the hard numbers.
If you were expecting blockbuster trades, exploding rosters, and all-new faces on the White Sox today, the past few days might have seemed just a little anticlimactic to you.
To fill the roster spot of Jake Peavy, who was traded to the Red Sox on Tuesday, the White Sox have called up outfielder Jordan Danks.
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The Red Sox also got reliever Brayan Villarreal from the Tigers. They shipped Iglesias to Detroit and three minor leaguers to the White Sox as part of the trade. Chicago also received prized prospect Avisail Garcia from Detroit.
Over the next 24 hours, trade rumors will be flying all across Major League Baseball.
Though he's currently on the disabled list and hasn't pitched in a game since June 29, Jesse Crain is reportedly close to being traded to the Rays.
