SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After 17 professional spring trainings, Jake Peavy's instincts point him toward the comfort of a baseball diamond. He should be arriving bleary-eyed at the clubhouse with a cup of coffee at 7 a.m. and getting ready for a bullpen session, rather than working out at his ranch in Alabama and coaching part time just up the road at Morgan Academy.
Peavy is still home in Catherine (population: 22), a world removed from the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues, because real life has gotten in the way.
While still dealing with the fallout of an investment scandal that cost him millions, Peavy is sorting through turmoil in his personal life.