After a poor outing last week Jake Peavy talked about being “run down” a year removed from shoulder surgery, but the White Sox have decided to keep him in the rotation for now.
Peavy bounced back with 6.1 shutout innings against the Twins on Tuesday, lowering his ERA to 4.92, but the 30-year-old right-hander told Doug Padilla of ESPN Chicago that he’s already looking ahead to the offseason:
Ozzie Guillen explained that Peavy should prepare to take his next turn in the rotation because “I don’t think I’m going to throw in the towel ... if they want to throw in the towel that’s their problem.”
That’s admirable, but with the White Sox all but out of the playoff picture and Peavy pretty clearly at less than 100 percent at some point it might be smart to focus on 2012. Peavy is under contract for $17 million next season and $22 million or a $4 million buyout in 2013. And since being traded to the White Sox in mid-2009 the former Cy Young winner has a 4.49 ERA in 239 innings.
