Jake Peavy Rumors: Thursday

2:00pm: David O’Brien says the Padres and Braves need each other and still believes Peavy winds up in Atlanta.  I agree.  O’Brien also says the Braves’ talks for Ryan Ludwick aren’t dead.

10:29am: SI.com’s Jon Heyman talked to Peavy’s agent, Barry Axelrod.  Peavy hasn’t revised his original list of five teams, but Axelrod says the NL West would interest Peavy (aside from the Rockies).  So, maybe Giants fans have something new to speculate about.  Axelrod says the list was only guidance for Towers.

8:52am: Let’s round up today’s Jake Peavy linkage.

• MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat said yesterday the Cubs’ talks for Peavy had ended due to budget restraints. Those limitations still exist, so the Cubs would have to get creative.
• Padres GM Kevin Towers told MLB.com’s Corey Brock Wednesday night that he talked to Jim Hendry and the Cubs are still interested in Peavy.  Yahoo’s Tim Brown heard the same from a source.  It’d require a third or fourth team and the aforementioned financial creativity.
• Towers told Tom Krasovic that talks with the Braves have not resumed and he hasn’t heard from the Angels.  Krasovic also said, "Among some of his ballplayer friends, Peavy has created the impression that if he is traded, he would like to pitch for the Cubs."