By Chris Quick on September 6, 2009
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 [...]
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By Chris Quick on August 31, 2009
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 [...]
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By Chris Quick on August 27, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged brad penny, bullpen, joe martinez, starting rotation
By Chris Quick on March 31, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged barry zito, brad penny, eliza dushku, opening day
