GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Against his better judgment, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said on Friday night that he will let Jake Peavy try to make his scheduled start against the A's at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Saturday. The right-hander arrived at the White Sox Camelback Ranch complex on Friday still suffering the aftermath of a serious bout with the flu, thus putting the start in jeopardy. "Yes, he'll start, but I'm against it," Guillen said after the White Sox clobbered the A's, 18-1, at home on Friday. "He has the flu, but he wanted to go."Guillen said he spoke to Peavy personally about the issue.
Chicago White Sox Jerseys It would be his fourth start of the spring as he returns from experimental surgery on July 14 to reattach the tendon that anchors the latissimus dorsi muscle to the rear of the shoulder. Making it keeps him on his starting cycle every fifth day with the opening of the regular season just two weeks away. "He'll try it," Guillen said. "If he comes out of the bullpen and feels weak we'll go to Plan B. His arm feels great and there's no reason to push it."
Guillen wasn't sure who'd pitch under those "Plan B" circumstances. Anybody out there own a White Sox uniform?" he added. Peavy had said earlier in the day that White Sox coaches told him they were contemplating pushing him back, and he didn't want to hear that. "I thought it was a go, 100 percent," Peavy said. "But I think we're going to talk about it. I would love to stay on schedule and stay with it." He was long gone from the clubhouse after a game in which the White Sox pounded out 21 hits, including four homers, and wasn't available to comment on the turn of events. "Hopefully I'll get better over the day," he said before Friday's game. "I'm still having trouble with my stomach, keeping food down. You all know what I'm going through. When your stomach is uneasy and you can't put food in, of course you're going to be weak. But I have stayed hydrated. They gave me some IVs and bags of fluid the past couple of days, so t
hat goes a long way in helping you feel good." Peavy, though, did appear tired and out of sorts, his eyes heavy. He last pitched Monday against the Padres, his former team, and tossed a spring-high 67 pitches, allowing six hits and three runs in four innings. He hadn't thrown a ball since until Friday.
Peavy is on a specific program of building arm strength toward the regular season. He had been told he might be out for a year after the surgery, but is at least four months ahead of schedule."We certainly like to throw between starts," he said. "But honestly, it was all I could do to get out of bed yesterday just to get in to see a doctor to where they could put fluids in me.
MLB Jerseys If you can't get out of bed, you can't play catch and do the things you need to do, but at the same time I'm going to go out there and see what we can do today. I'm just going to try to play catch and see how my body feels,
Cheap Dior Shoes, and see if tomorrow is a smart thing to do or maybe out of the question. We'll see how it goes." San Diego's 15th-round pick in the 1999 First-Year Player Draft, Peavy didn't want to leave the Padres when he was shipped to Chicago at the witching hour of the July 31, 2009, non-waiver Trade Deadline. He owned a no-trade clause in his extended contract, and earlier that season had nixed a deal to the White Sox. But ownership was converting from majority holder John Moores to a group headed by Jeff Moorad, and he made it clear that the club could not afford the $63 million in guaranteed money remaining on his contract. Under intense pressure, Peavy relented.
Ozzie caves, lets Peavy stay on schedule
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