What happened to the FA bargains?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...million), Billy Wagner ($7 million guaranteed) and Lyon are making teams wonder about that. And when Brad Penny, coming off two lousy years, gets $7.5 million, and Rich Harden, who can never stay...
Blog | December 11, 2009Will Wakefield be back in 2010?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...this winter, perhaps one of those low-cost, (potentially) high-reward guys like John Smoltz and Brad Penny. Well, forget the speculating. Of course they'll enter spring training with more than five starters...
Blog | October 16, 2009What's next for the Giants?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThe Giants aren't quite out of the running, but they're close enough that Tim Kawakami is ready to write their epitaph: ... But they had a ve...
Blog | September 24, 2009Lester and Beckett a dominant duo
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotHe's been mostly under the radar, but Jon Lester has taken a giant leap forward this season. Dave Allen with the details: Although his ERA is hig...
Blog | September 07, 2009Why Penny's a hot commodity
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIt's a tough business, this baseball. From the Boston Herald: Veteran right-hander Brad Penny requested and received his release tonight in a move that clears a roster spot for reliever...
Blog | August 27, 2009Time for Mets' Niese to get his shot
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Livan Hernandez and Freddy Garcia to be that depth. When the Red Sox did so using Brad Penny and John Smoltz, but also Justin Masterson and Clay Buchholz, the results were far different. So...
Blog | July 20, 2009Red Sox going to six starters?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...point, the back end of the rotation has been even more productive than the front, with Brad Penny (6-2, 4.94 ERA), who gritted through five innings Wednesday to get his 100th career...
Blog | June 18, 2009Decision time for Theo
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...bull; Tim Wakefield: 6-2, 6.13 ERA, 1.72 WHIP, 26 Ks, 22 BB • Brad Penny: 3-2, 4.10 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 38 Ks, 9 BB • Daisuke Matsuzaka: 1...
Blog | June 16, 2009Boston's tale of nine SP
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotBen Nicholson-Smith posts a mini-Link-O-Rama about the Red Sox and -- with Brad Penny pitching well last night and John Smoltz supposedly starting next week -- their rotational surplus. What do...
Blog | June 12, 2009John Smoltz: No. 7 starter
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...he looked pretty good last Friday in his first start since coming off the DL. And Brad Penny's 5-1 despite a 5.96 ERA (and a nondescript strikeout rate). Obviously, Penny...
Blog | May 27, 2009Really??? (American edition)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...And you're really going to let Clay Buchholz rot in the International League while Brad Penny continues to have so much trouble missing bats? Really, Tampa Bay Rays? You really haven'...
Blog | May 22, 2009Free Clay Buchholz!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...s good to see." Something is going to happen? Let's see ... How about Brad Penny giving up 27 runs in 30 innings and walking nearly as many hitters as he strikes...
Blog | May 14, 2009Red Sox rotation: Depth or surplus?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...veteran pitcher who has had quality starts in four of his six outings. That guy is Brad Penny, who might be a nice fit for a team like the Milwaukee Brewers or the Mets...
Blog | May 12, 2009Finally a winter of sensible contracts
Rob Neyer...get a one-year contract. But not much else. Still, before the Sox reduced contracts to Brad Penny- and John Smoltz- and Rocco Baldelli-sized deals, limited in both money and length, they attempted...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer...majority stake in his company and will continue his great work. • Larry Bowa: not Brad Penny's biggest fan. (And I think we have an early leader for best line of 2009...
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