Brad Penny

Columns

1. The blueprint: How teams have built championship rotations

   Columns

   01/19/2012

   … the rotation when the latter was injured early in the season. 2003 Marlins Josh Beckett (3.04 ERA, 138 ERA+), Brad Penny (4.13 ERA, 102 ERA+), Dontrelle Willis (3.30 ERA, 127 ERA+), Mark Redman (3.59 ERA, 117 ERA …
2. The Waiting Game: For Red Sox, no rush to make moves

   Columns

   12/08/2011

   … the All-Star break. Perhaps most memorably, in 2009, after the Sox missed out on Mark Teixeira , the team signed Brad Penny and John Smoltz to contracts in January. Both pitchers were dumped before the end of the year after pitching poorly …
3. The Lackey Effect: Red Sox rotation unsettled in 2011 and beyond

   Columns

   09/10/2011

   … be unlikely to treat him as anything more than a buy-low candidate along the lines of the flyer they took in signing Brad Penny to a one-year deal for the 2009 season. Lackey is anything but a sure thing at this point. That means …
4. Three of a kind: Red Sox rotation shows striking early returns

   Columns

   05/16/2011

   … had more than two pitchers who were performing to top-of-the-rotation standards, with others – John Smoltz , Brad Penny , John Lackey -- failing to live up to that billing. In that regard, the early returns of the 2011 rotation have …
5. Can Josh Beckett bounce back? Re-examining his terrible 2010 and what it means going forward

   Columns

   02/11/2011

   … several examples of pitchers who recovered to have at least moderate success after a Beckett-sized flop. Pitchers like Brad Penny , Vicente Padilla and others performed at or near league average in subsequent years. Jim DeShaies had a bad age 31 …

Blogs

1. Nuggetpalooza: More Red Sox statistical nuggets

   Blog

   02/24/2012

   … average) Mike Leake, Reds (2 outstanding, 21 average) Brad Penny (now trying to catch on in Japan) tied for the league ..... starts): 48.0% – Tyler Chatwood, Angels 37.5% – Brad Penny , Tigers 36.4% – Trevor Cahill, A’s 34.5% – Charlie Morton, Pirates …
2. Nuggetpalooza is in the best shape of his life

   Blog

   02/17/2012

   … 500 pitches) was Cliff Lee (+0.73), followed by Roy Halladay (+0.72), and Clayton Kershaw (+0.64). The worst were Brad Penny (+0.07) and Tyler Chatwood (+0.08). The top hitters were Jose Bautista (-0.14), Miguel Cabrera (-0.09), and Lance Berkman …
3. Source: ‘Nothing to report’ on Red Sox interest in Vicente Padilla

   Blog

   01/12/2012

   … the Sox have also seen pitchers returning from injury flop. Notable recent instances from the 2009 season include Brad Penny and John Smoltz , both of whom were signed to significant fanfare and returned to health but had poor results that resulted in their …
4. Red Sox opportunity would appeal to Roy Oswalt

   Blog

   11/16/2011

   … starters.” A couple years ago, the Sox invested in multiple veteran buy-low options coming off of injuries, signing Brad Penny and John Smoltz to one-year deals. Both returned to health, but nonetheless flopped in Boston; both, ultimately …
5. Tim Wakefield’s unlucky run towards 200 wins

   Blog

   08/20/2011

   … Wakefield has gone 0-2 with two no-decisions in those four games. To put that run in context, no Red Sox starter since Brad Penny in 2009 has been winless in four straight games in which he allowed four or fewer earned runs and pitched at least …