Jake Peavy to White Sox

Apparently this time Peavy was willing, and he’s approved  the trade, and he’s going to Chicago.  Who did the Padres get for him?

LHP Clayton Richard.  He’s a 25 year old and tall.  This year, his first full season, he has a 4.65 ERA with 14 starts and 12 relief appearances, with 37 walks and 66 Ks in 89 IP.  He’s unlikely to a top-of-the-rotation starter, but he looks like he’ll be good 4th or 5th starter for the the remaining five seasons he’s under control.

LHP Aaron Poreda.  He was the 25th player taken in the 2007 draft.  He looks good at age 22.

Poreda had a fine year in 2008 and pitched great in eleven starts at AA Birmingham in the Southern League.  He started two games at AAA Charlotte, and then the White Sox called him up and stuck him in their bullpen.  In eleven innings pitched over ten appearances, he has a 2.45 ERA with eight walks and 12 Ks.  Aaron doesn’t appear to have major league control yet, but it looks like he’s got the stuff, at least in a very limited major league record.  He reminds me of where David Price was last year at the same age.

RHP Dexter Carter.  He is a tall 22 year old.  He had an absolutely brutal junior year at Old Dominion last year, posting an 8.76 ERA with almost as many walks as strikeouts.

As a result, Carter was drafted in the 13th round by the White Sox.  Instead of going back to college to see if he could have a better year and he could be drafted in the higher rounds in the ‘09 Draft like most players who have an unusually terrible junior season, he signed right away and pitched well in the rookie Pioneer League.

This year, Dexter is pitching well in the Class A Sally League.  He’s 6-2 with a 3.13 ERA, but what the Padres probably like more is his 143 Ks and only 32 walks in 118 IP.  He’s ready for a promotion to the A+ California League.

RHP Adam Russell.  The tallest of these pitchers at 6′8″, the 26 year old Russell is currently pitching in the AAA International League in a relief role.  He pitched in 22 games in relief last year for the ChiSox and pitched much better than his 5.19 ERA suggests.  He looks like he’s major league ready, at least on a team with a bottom-half bullpen.  Doesn’t look like he’ll ever be anything better than a good middle reliever.

Except for Poreda, the Padres got quantity, rather than quality.  If Peavy makes a full recovery from his ankle injury, then the Padres should have gotten a second pitcher better than any of the three after Poreda.