Royals' Tony Pena Moving From Shortstop to Pitcher

by Josh AlperFiled under: Royals, AL CentralTony Pena already hits like a pitcher, so the Royals decided to see if he could throw like one too. That's actually not fair to pitchers, Pena hits like the kid picked last during gym who would prefer perfecting his cursive to do anything athletic. He always flashed a fine glove at shortstop, but a career OPS+ of 44 (including a mind-boggling -32 OPS+ in 51 at bats this season) was way too much for any fielding excellence to overcome. Pena threw a bullpen session on Friday and will report to the team's Arizona facility to work as a pitcher. Unless you're a pitcher in the American League, there's a lot of reason to like this move.Royals' Tony Pena Moving From Shortstop to Pitcher originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:37:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments