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That package includes Atlanta's top pitching prospect (Hanson), an established big-league middle...

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That package includes Atlanta's top pitching prospect (Hanson), an established big-league middle infielder (Escobar or Johnson), and another of Atlanta's top five prospects (Schafer). It's completely out of line with the prices paid for other top-flight starters in the past two years, including the most directly comparable deal in Haren, in which the A's took bulk prospects over established major-league players. And that's before we consider the questions about Peavy's elbow.

Keith Law says the "reported" price for Jake Peavy is too much.