Cool new site worth checking out: www.baseballjunkie.net. Put together by some Baseball-Primer regulars, it offers a sensible, less militant brand of sabermetrics. I guess that’s what some folks might call kinder and gentler. I call it good. Have a look for yourself.

Hit the mother lode today, with Baseball Prospectus, Sickels, and STATS Player Profiles all arriving. Sickels on Jake Peavy:

Grab this one… His velocity has jumped into the 90-93 MPH range, and since he already knew how to pitch, he now is an excellent prospect. His slider and changeup are strong and he throws strikes… He has good mechanics and should be durable, provided the Padres don’t run him into the ground. Peavy is one of the best pitching prospects in the game, though he doesn’t get as much attention as some people.

Here’s what BP has to say about Peavy:

Peavy might have the best raw stuff of any Padres pitching prospect, and he knows what to do with it, striking out a ton of batters.

Yep. He’s gonna be a lot of fun to watch when he gets here.