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UPDATE: Buster Olney reports that the deal is done. As Morosi reported, $3 million. The incentives are richer than usual, however, amounting to another $3 million.
5:55 AM: Following up on last night’s reports from Brad Penny himself, Jon Paul Morosi says this morning that the Tigers and Brad Penny are on the verge of a one-year, $3 million deal. Morosi says there will be incentives too. Worth noting that Morosi first connected Penny and the Tigers back in mid-December.
Seems like a good deal for Penny who, before an injury last season, had nine good starts. Remember: he started things off going was 3-0 with a 0.94 ERA last year. He says he’s getting in shape now, though, and if that makes a difference, he could be one of the better putative fifth starters around.
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- kinggeorge96 - Jan 11, 2011 at 7:40 AM
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I assume this means, that by the time spring training rolls around, that he’ll be ‘in the best shape of his life?’
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- phukyouk - Jan 11, 2011 at 9:36 AM
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there goes the AL Central. the others may as well not show up. i remember when the Sox signed him and Smoltz as “low risk high reward” and the EXACT opposite happened.
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- Jonny 5 - Jan 11, 2011 at 9:56 AM
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I can’t explain it. But I’ve always had a soft spot for big chunky pitchers. Penny, Blanton, Moylan, Jenks. I always give them more slack than the guys that stay in shape. I don’t have a clue why that is either. While being relatively thin myself, I don’t understand my own bias in this case. I’ve heard people say Fat pitchers are just better.
