This should have it's own thread, not be in the Peavy thread. Well he probably would have been traded as part of a Peavy deal, or at least a in a move that sets it up. Either way, I don't really think that info deserves it's own thread I think it's pretty significant that they are trying to move Lee. Think of the second order effects besides Peavy... We don't know that they're "trying" to move Lee. They might just be "willing" to move him. There's a big difference. Either way, the context in which Churchill told me that implied that it was part of a Peavy trade, so I posted it in here. Earlier this month, one of Chicago's beat writers (I don't remember which) said Hendry was going to try to trade Lee, so this seems to corroborate that. That's part of why it's significant. What were his exact words? Again, there is a huge difference between "trying to trade" someone and just listening to offers. I remember the article you're talking about and I think it was more of a "they're open to trading Lee" type thing. Do you remember the exact quote or the article? I think you're splitting hairs at this point. I don't recall the exact quote because I can't recall which writer it was. I can't recall if it was a trib, suntimes, or herald writer either. Anyone else out there remember? I don't really think it's splitting hairs. I'm sure there are a lot of guys on the team that they'd be willing to trade if it helped them get somebody else they really wanted. That doesn't mean they're trying to trade them. I'm not sure which of those categories Lee falls into, but I bet it's the latter. The team displayed unsolicited interest in trading Lee previously. I think the intent is pretty clear, they don't want to be stuck with him for the rest of his contract. Again, where did they show unsolicited interest? I haven't seen that anywhere. I think they only will trade it if it's necessary to improve the team. I don't they'd do it just to dump salary.