Peavy Close

Padres ace, Jake Peavy threw 45 pitches at close to game speed on Wednesday and came through with a smile and a sense of relief. Peavy felt as though he threw well and, more importantly, pain free. The 2007 Cy Young winner will throw again in Saturday with a return date to follow.

13 under and not sunk

The Padres will head into a 4 game series with the New York Mets sporting a disappointing 24-37 record that due to the weak play of the entire NL West division has San Diego just 8.5 games out of first. Don't get FF wrong, this is not a division championship caliber team. However, if the Friars can shave the deficit to 5 or fewer games by the deadline maybe they will look to add some players as opposed to selling off players to the highest bidder. There is a long way to go for San Diego to get from selling to buying, but the with each Arizona and Los Angeles loss, the sale date gets pushed back.