When Jake Peavy said it wasn't about the money, he really meant it.

 After all, the Cy Young Award winner could have played out his contract with the San Diego Padres and gotten big money elsewhere as a free agent.


As it is, the $52 million, three-year extension Peavy signed on Wednesday is the biggest deal in Padres history. It's much more than the good ol' boy from Alabama probably ever imagined he'd make.


"I really have tried my best to stay away from the money issue because a lot of people in Semmes, Ala., can't count that high," Peavy cracked at a news conference. "That's not saying that in an arrogant way at all. I mean, when people in Semmes see the kind of money we're talking about, they don't understand. I don't understand, to be honest with you. It's kind of crazy. I know how fortunate and blessed I am to be able to have the talent to play this game."


The deal was finalized just less than a month after Peavy was the unanimous winner of the NL Cy Young Award.
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