Rest of the season he has good luck? It is a sobering thought realize that a pitcher who is 7-8 with a 5.61 ERA is a sound addition to your rotation, but that is what Brad Penny would be to the Twins.
There are several things to consider when reviewing Penny’s pedigree. In a lot of ways, Penny is very similar in Boston as Carl Pavano was in Cleveland, his former rotation-mate while with the World Series champion Marlins. For example, like Pavano, he is not as bad as his ERA. It’s hard to look at a 5.61 earned run average and not be immediately turned off - it is the pitching equivalent of seeing Kathy Bates naked. Nevertheless, Penny has AL’s 27th-best xFIP which shows he’s hurling better than what the yardstick of ERA explains. While it is not elite caliber, he has pitched better than Nick Blackburn (5.07 xFIP) and this fact alone means there would be an immediate upgrade to the rotation.
Second, he has been very unfor...
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