"Whatever it takes or wherever you need me, Jake Peavy says, I will go.

Even the bullpen? Peavy said he bounced it off pitching coach Don Cooper, telling him, ''I'll do whatever needs to be done.''

''If I need to go to the bullpen to help,'' Peavy said, ''we've got five starters doing their thing. .?.?. I'll do whatever it takes because there is no weak link on the team.''"