Comments on: Brad Penny released by Japanese team after one start

By: avietar

avietar — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:51:23 +0000

I always felt that “r” never belonged in his name…

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:49:04 +0000

Not much. They’ve got a limit of four foreign players per team, or 48 total. I count 37 players in NPB who have been on MLB 40 man rosters since 2007. This obviously misses few players who have been playing Japan since before then or players from Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Venezuela, or the D.R. who went directly to Japan. There just aren’t many more roster spots available.

By: bigharold

bigharold — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:27:45 +0000

Someone tell the “Nation”; .. Help’s on the way!!

By: humanexcrement

humanexcrement — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:17:41 +0000

I wonder if we’re going to see an increase in American players playing in the Japanese leagues. After seeing Penny and Willy Mo Pena get multi-million dollar deals, which is far from what they would have gotten from any major league team, I’m thinking we just might see more of this kind of thing.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:01:17 +0000

The Japanese press is reporting that Penny asked for his release.
http://yakyubaka.com/2012/05/08/softbank-hawks-to-part-ways-with-brad-penny/

By: darthicarus

darthicarus — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:18:16 +0000

I believe Major League Baseball is in contract discussions with the Pacific League to ensure that Brad Penny does NOT return to the States. Money isn’t quite in the Yu Darvish range, but it’s close.

By: pisano

pisano — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:09:47 +0000

Not a problem, now he can resign with the Red Sox.