SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- If a ballplayer's sheer will could be measured and ranked alongside that of other players, Giants right-hander Jake Peavy would finish annually among the Major League leaders.
Peavy, 34, no longer possesses the electrifying stuff that made him a three-time All-Star and the 2007 National League Cy Young Award winner with San Diego. Nevertheless, he remains a winner, as his performance for the Giants indicates. He's 14-10 with a 2.99 ERA in 31 starts, essentially the equivalent of a full season, since San Francisco obtained him for Minor League pitchers Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree a few days before the 2014 Trade Deadline.