Jake Peavy revealed Sunday that when the Boston Red Sox were fielding calls about his services around the trade deadline, he thought he'd end up with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Instead, Peavy landed with the San Francisco Giants. The Giants and Cardinals are facing off in the NLCS.

"I thought it was really close, to be honest with you," Peavy said. "About a week or so before the actual deal happened, I thought I could possibly come here."

Only the general managers know why the Red Sox accepted San Francisco's offer of pitchers Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree over the Cardinals' package.