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 [...]
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Sunday Jumble
Giants Do My Bidding
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 [...]
Pick-A-Penny
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 [...]