Brad Penny?

by gibbons on Dec 15, 2006 7:15 PM EST

It's rumored from the Post Dispatch that the Dodgers WANT to trade him. Here's a quote:

"Tuesday's non-tender deadline freed one starting pitcher that the club has interest in, Seattle's Joel Pineiro. Other intriguing free agent pitchers include Tony Armas Jr. and Tomo Ohka. Ohka's agent said Wednesday seven teams have expressed interest in the righthander, but a Cardinals official said they are not among them. On the trade front, the Dodgers are dangling starter Brad Penny as a spark for talk with the Cardinals."

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The good and the bad

Well, I'd love to see it, so long as we don't give up too much youth. If a package of veteran relievers could get that done, he would give us the #2 starter we've desperately been seeking. A rotation of Carpenter, Penny, Wells, Reyes and Wainwright looks pretty formidable to me.

The good for Penny: He's a career 4.06 ERA guy and is 10 games over .500 for his career in record. Most of his season ERAs are under the 4 mark(last year was 4.33). He was last year's All Star starter, and he's got SERIOUS gas(he was firing 100 mph every pitch at the All Star game, expect him to regularly hit about 96-97.) Career WHIP of 1.32 which is about one tenth over last year's league average and is pretty good.

The bad: The injury bug has not been good to him. He's a risk for durability. Only pitched 200 innings once in his career and that was 2001. Last year's IP was 189.0, which while respectable, isn't exactly the innings eater you'd like to see in front of Wells, Reyes and Wainwright.

by mtalken on Dec 15, 2006 9:58 PM EST reply actions

More Bad

Before All-Star Game: 2.91 10-2 108.1IP 103H 7HR 28B:82K .249BAA
After ASG: 6.25 6-7 81.2IP 103H 12HR 26BB:66K .317BAA
(Link)

He had a sore back at the end of the season, so there's a chance he's injured. It's a strange thing—after throwing all that gas in the ASG, his BB/9 and HR/9 rates went up, but so did his K/9.

He'd be a nice pick-up if the Dodgers don't want the moon for him. (Or Ottavino, Rasmus, et al.)

by liam on Dec 15, 2006 11:48 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe we should trade...

Kiko, Barton, and Haren for him? Shades of Mulder, no?

He is a power arm and maybe Duncan could help with that second half downturn. He's the closest thing to a viable #2 that is remotely available.

by bgh on Dec 16, 2006 9:34 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

This diary has been up for 5 hours and no one has yet said something along the lines of 'trade looper and encarnacion'

by Fitz on Dec 16, 2006 1:17 AM EST reply actions

Lets do it.

(you knew it was coming .. . )

by Ray Lankford on Dec 16, 2006 2:09 AM EST up reply actions

I'd give up

a lefty reliever and enc. a couple average prospects then too

I'm a Jenius!

by gibbons on Dec 16, 2006 9:26 AM EST reply actions

penny

penny will not come cheap

SWH

by BRINGBACKWILSON on Dec 16, 2006 11:44 PM EST reply actions

toronto

seems to be offering alex rios for him at least. the dodgers seem to have their outfield already set (though its not that great) so hopefully they are looking for bullpen help the most. that's about the only way we are getting in that door.

by FutureMan on Dec 17, 2006 2:04 PM EST reply actions