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Braves Interested In Penny?
Written by Colin on June 6, 2009 – 7:44 amESPN is reporting that the Braves are eyeing – get this – starting pitcher Brad Penny. The Red Sox are said to be eyeing Jeff Francoeur. The idea is that Kawakami has been very effective in his first 45 pitches and that the Braves could add Penny to the rotation and move Kawakami to the bullpen.
That’s ridiculous.
There’s no way the Braves need another starting pitcher right now – especially one who struggled in the early part of this season. The MLB’s Mark Bowman says that if Kawakami struggles, then Kris Medlen will move from the bullpen to the starting rotation in place of Kawakami. I’d have to agree. And I don’t think Kawakami will struggle as much if he gets some actual run support. Once again, the Braves have scored only 1.5 runs on average while Kawakami is in the game. With an earned run average of 4.63, that’s not winning many games. More offense will help that.
No way the Sox are moving Penny to Atlanta. They may be interested in Francoeur, but they’ll have to give up something other than a starting pitcher to move him.
Tags: Brad Penny, Jeff Francoeur, Jeff Francoeur trade rumors
Posted in General, Speculation | 4 Comments »
By Jonathan on Jun 6, 2009 | Reply
I keep seeing all of these things about the Red Sox scouting Francoeur and I just can't figure out why they'd want another outfielder. They've got Ellsbury, Drew and Bay and already have Kotsay sitting on the bench. I don't forsee them planning on moving Ellsbury or Bay anywhere, but the concept of trying to acquire another outfielder just doesn't make sense to me.
By Colin Ake on Jun 6, 2009 | Reply
I know they want backup for Drew because he happens to injure himself all the time. Only thing I can think of is that we'd get an outfielder back from the Sox? We're looking for more power. What about putting Bay out there? I dunno, I'm just making stuff up.
By Larry on Jun 7, 2009 | Reply
Ever think of Drew moving to DH? If Papi continues to struggle Drew could move to DH and Frenchy wouldbe the everyday RF. That may be the train of thought.
By David Pierce on Jun 8, 2009 | Reply
sadly I think frech might actually play well in boston or anwhere other than here. Its hard not to blame pendleton for frechys struggles but maybe jeff is just too damn hard to get to listen.