Big Trade!

Our man on the ground in San Diego, Lou Segreti, just let us know that the White Sox have traded for Padres pitcher Jake Peavey. Going West are four pitchers: Clayton Richard, who was scheduled to start tonight; Update favorite Aaron Poreda, who was recently sent down to Charlotte; Adam Russell (no relation to Update readers Vicky, Willie, and Alex Russell), who won four games in relief for the Sox last year; and Dexter Carter, a 23-year old pitcher at Class A Kannapolis. That's a lot of young pitching to give up for a guy who's been on the DL with a strained tendon in his ankle since June 13. He's not likely to come off until late August, so the Sox will get only a little more than a month out of him this year, but he's under contract (at some very high numbers) through 2013.