Brad Penny has already thrown 18 innings for the Giants this season. I’m honestly not sure how that happened. It seems like one day Brad Penny was in Japan and the next day he was grooving 91 mile per hour fastballs down the middle of the plate for the Giants in early August. How did we get here? Where are… Read more →
According to the official Giants twitter feed, this is happening: Here’s Penny’s stats with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies: 5.40 ERA, 8.1 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO. Penny is coming off a completely dreadful year with the Detroit Tigers — 181.2 IP, 77 ERA+, 1.2 BB/9, 3.7 K/9 — and it’s pretty hard to say… Read more →
In today’s post, I’m catching up to a few random thoughts that I’ve had over the past week, but haven’t had the time to get to. Brad Penny’s Velocity Before the Giants signed Brad Penny, one of the positive indicators that he had going for him was that his velocity was still regularly in the mid-90′s. Penny ended up throwing… Read more →
And sign Brad Penny to a pro-rated contract worth around $75K. I guess this answers the question of who will start on Wednesday after Lincecum got pushed back a start. Ignoring the Dodger Stink™ for a second, Penny is a nice rotation upgrade at a bottom dollar price. He’ll slot in behind Sanchez right now as the 5th starter. With… Read more →
From the Boston Herald: Penny will be placed on release waivers tomorrow and clear them on Monday. He can talk to other teams while on waivers, but he can’t formally enter into a contract until he clears. He would like the opportunity to start, which probably wasn’t going to happen in Boston. Penny, the former Dodger and disgruntled right-hander, became… Read more →
Opening day is here at last. The Giants will kick of their season at 4:10 PM EST against some evil team. For the G’s Barry Zito takes the mound and opposing him will be that guy that dated Eliza Dushku. I’m not jealous. OK, maybe a little. I wonder if Brad Penny smells like fried chicken? Will the Giants start… Read more →