2007 National League Cy Young Award sits atop list of accomplishments in fondly-recalled decade with organization
Jake Peavy was gripping a baseball in his right hand Friday on the infield grass at Petco Park, looking longingly toward the mound during the 2022 MLB Draft Combine.
Where has the time gone since Peavy was taken by the Padres out of high school in the 15th round of the 1999 MLB Draft? “I wanted to stand on the mound again at Petco Park and just look,” said Peavy, one of the greatest pitchers in Padres history during the 2002-09 seasons with the team. “There was a lot of nice days and nights spent there.
“Winning a unanimous Cy Young was really special,” Peavy said. “Greg Maddux, my hero . For him to present me with that trophy with my father on this field .” Shortly after returning to his hometown last spring, Musgrove said, “Going to Padres games and seeing Peavy, you know, snot flying and grunting and fist-pumping, that was just kind of who I felt I was as a player and seeing a big leaguer at that time doing the same thing kind of gave me the confidence to go out there and be myself and play the game I wanted to.