Starting Pitchers: Sabathia and Peavy Rumors...

CC Sabathia:

The LA Times reports that the Angels are in the hunt for CC Sabathia. Club is in discussions with the free-agent pitcher and could offer him a contract that approaches the $140-million offered by the New York Yankees.

The Angels have backed off  Mark Teixeira for now and have turned their full attention to Sabathia.

Teixeira remains the Angels' top priority -- the club would sign him but does not want to miss out on Sabathia while waiting to see whether Teixeira's asking price falls. The Angels are not believed to have made a formal offer to either player.

Jake Peavy:

The Chicago Sun-Times' Gordon Wittenmyer asked Piniella at an event in Chicago on Sunday whether the Cubs were still pursuing starting pitching in the wake of their four-year contract extension with free agent right-hander Ryan Dempster.

"No," Piniella was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Sun-Times. "Starting we don't need. We're set. We've got six good starters, and they're all experienced. Getting Dempster back was the key. We're in good shape with our starting pitching. Bullpen-wise, [we're looking for] possibly one more experienced pitcher. We've got a lot of young kids out there."

Piniella's comments make the Cubs the second team to publicly distance itself from rumors about Peavy, who is being shopped by the San Diego Padres. The Braves, considered at the time the leading contender to land Peavy's services, stopped actively pursuing the right-hander on Nov. 14.

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 Can the Mets jump in the on the Peavy sweepstakes???  He wants to be in the NL and now everyone appears not interested anymore..

Can You Imagine the Rotation, if  Peavy was the only acquisition:

1. Santana
2. Peavy
3. Maine
4. Pelfrey
5. Niese

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