When asked for comment, Jake Peavy angrily threw a no hitter.

The Fox News formula has taught me that you can say pretty much anything so long as you follow it with a question mark.

Rumor has it, courtesy of MLBTradeRumors, that new Padres owner Jeff Morad may be looking to shop ace Jake Peavy. Coming straight from the article, Morad says, ““It would be premature for me to say what is going to happen. The goal is to build this for the long term. I don’t know how that impacts the Peavy situation. But we’re going to do whatever we can to improve the team.”

Another, separate,  comment has Morad saying that while Peavy has been great for the club, they’re going to do whatever they can to improve the team which, let’s be fair, is pretty much anything at this point.

I’m of two minds about this. On the one hand, god has given you an ace pitcher. I’ve seen Peavy in person and the kid is just phenomenal. And I suspect anyone with his talents is extremely frustrated being on a team that’s less than a contender. And an ace pitcher could stock your team with a fat wad of cash and several decent prospects.

On the other hand, the businessman in me says that trading away one of the few guys that people go to Padres games to see is a terrible, terrible idea. And a guy like Peavy is a guy you can build around. I’m not sure getting rid of him would have any immediate benefits and if those fistful of prospects don’t work out, you’re spending the rest of your life as “The guy who traded our one good player for a bunch of scrubs.”

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