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The deal that would send Jake Peavy from the San Diego Padres to the Chicago White Sox could hit a snag because of Peavy’s unwillingness to waive his no-trade clause.  Peavy’s agent, Barry Axelord, informed ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick that Peavy prefers that National League.

Personally I wouldn’t blame Peavy for vetoing the deal.  If you’re going to be traded, wouldn’t you want to go to a contender.  Not that he couldn’t make the White Sox a contender, but a move to Atlanta, the Angels, Mets, or Cardinals would be more attractive options.  What I would really like, taking off my Red Sox hat for a minute, if he were to go to Toronto.  I’d like to see them go for it much like Milwaukee did last year acquiring C.C. Sabathia.

***UPDATE***
Peavy vetoes trade.

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ESPN is reporting that San Diego has agreed to send Jake Peavy to Chicago.  No, not the Cubs, who were in negotiations during the offseason, but the White Sox.  Peavy has a no-trade clause in his contract, which he would have to waive in order for the deal to get done.  No word on what the White Sox would part with.

The former Cy Young winner is 3-5 on the year with a 3.82 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP.  He’s second in the NL behind Javier Vazquez with 69 Strikeouts.  He started off a little slow, perhaps because of the World Baseball Classic, but has a 1.80 ERA and 0.73 WHIP in four May starts. 

The White Sox are actually a half-game worse than the Padres at 17-22, but are only 5.5 games behind division-leading Detroit.  Meanwhile, San Diego trails the Dodgers by 10 games. 

Peavy is scheduled to face the Cubs, ironically, on Friday in Carlos Zambrano’s return for the 15-day DL.