Brad Penny
- W-L 6-3
- ERA 4.79
- K 55
- Walks 27
- WHIP 1.51
- Height: 6-4
- Weight: 230
- Bats: R
- Throws: R
- Born: May 24, 1978 - Blackwell, OK
- College: None
- Draft: 1996 - 5th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks
News and Notes
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Jun 29
Penny allowed two runs and six hits in six innings of Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Braves. Advice: The injury-plagued Penny grabbed his hand after bouncing a pitch in the first inning, bringing out manager Terry Francona and the trainer. Penny said his thumb popped out of its joint, but he simply snapped it back in, threw a couple of warmup pitches and was OK. |
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Jun 29
Penny experienced some soreness in his right thumb nine pitches into Sunday's loss to the Braves, but stayed in the game and had no further problems, the Boston Globe reports. Recommendation: Penny said the tendon in the thumb has bothered him before. "It just kind of popped out of the joint for a second," Penny said, attributing it to gripping the ball too tightly. "I just needed a second to let it come back. It's happened before, probably four or five times in my career." He finished up throwing 106 pitches (73 for strikes) and allowed two runs on six hits and no walks whiles striking out two. |
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Jun 28
RHP Brad Penny remembers gripping the ball for his first live batting practice session this spring, and officially putting all the shoulder woes of last season in his rear view mirror. The 30-year-old certainly felt like there was something to prove after injury issues led to a bloated 6.27 ERA last season, and the Sox are now reaping the benefits of a positively ace-like No. 5 starter. Penny headed into this year only one season removed from back-to-back 16-win campaigns with the Dodgers, and has flashed the highest upside of Boston's buy-low, high-reward free agent signings this winter. "I feel great," said Penny. "I just want to go out there and pitch. I think I'm on the right track." Penny has historically worn down over the second half of the season during the past five years, but he has worked diligently on Boston's shoulder-strengthening program this season. It's made a difference and is a big reason the righty is popping the mitt at 98-mph this season and is 1-1 with a 3.22 ERA in five starts and 22 2/3 innings during the month of June. Sox pitching coach John Farrell said that the 6-foot-4, 240-pound hurler has been a valuable member of the Sox staring rotation during the opening months of the season and that he hasn't seen evidence of any limitations or residual injury issues. "Just look at his track record," said Farrell. "He's been a solid middle of the rotation-type starter, but we know he's got some individual needs that we're going to have to monitor. I think he sees a group of pitchers around him working extremely hard and they're very disciplined in their approach," added Farrell. "There have been no issues with him fitting in and matching the intensity of those pitchers around him." Penny was a tough luck loser Sunday after throwing six strong innings of two-run ball against Atlanta. |
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