Rough year for Jake Peavy: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2756799-i-need-a-miracle-every-day-jake-peavy-picks-up-pieces-of-a-shattered-life
Didn't work for Strasburg:
AS HE HOWLED his way through 377 career starts and 152 wins, as emotional and demonstrative an ace as you'll ever see, he found part of the secret in a tube of Icy Hot.
Roger Clemens lathered himself with it from head to toe before starts and once told Peavy it was because he never liked to take the mound feeling too comfortable. Peavy was all ears.
"He told me to take a little and put it on no-man's land down there," Peavy says wryly.
So over the next 12 years, you might say, Peavy regularly pitched with his balls on fire. Yep, it kept him uncomfortable. Generally, it kept the hitters he faced more uncomfortable.
I say send a scout to his showcase. If he's got anything, and AJ / Fedde aren't ready, then a bit of that veteranny grit might be in order.
