MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
... deals in an attempt to find a bargain. Unlike Boston's signings last season (John Smoltz and Brad Penny), Harden has proven that he can pitch well in the American League, which makes him particularly attractive to the BoSox. Harden is a Type B...
Pursuit of Red Sox (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... J.D. Drew 30 Kevin Youkilis 34 Takashi Saito 150 Dustin Pedroia 180 Josh Beckett 227 Jason Bay 236 Brad Penny 239 Mike Lowell 370 David Ortiz 392 Tim Wakefield 406 Jason Varitek 456 John Smoltz 502 Boston Red Sox CL 550 Jonathan Papelbon 553 Kevin Youkilis There are 6 cards per pack. The Pack: #200 Derek Jeter Yankees #235 Jed Lowrie Red Sox #259 Joe Blandon Phillies #408 J.J. Putz...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... Randy Wolf Rich Harden Erik Bedard Andy Pettitte Joel Pineiro Jarrod Washburn Ben Sheets Brad Penny Justin Duchscherer Pedro Martinez . Vote for Pedro! Doug Davis Jason Marquis Jon Garland Vicente Padilla Carl Pavano Braden Looper Randy Johnson Mike Hampton Hisanori Takahashi Paul Byrd Ugh...I'll opt for choosing only one free agent and trading Gamel for the other
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
This year's class of free agent starters is littered with high-risk, high-reward arms. These pitchers can dominate, but as the Red Sox found out with Brad Penny and John Smoltz, they aren't sure things. Starters like Rich Harden (10.9K/9), Erik Bedard (9.8K/9), Ben Sheets (3.09 ERA in 2008), Justin Duchscherer (2.54 ERA in 2008), Smoltz (8.4K/9), Penny, Brett Myers and Randy Johnson...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... offered to those players). As Silverman notes, Escobar would fit right in with the John Smoltz / Brad Penny signings of last year. Those two bombed, but here's the question - what kind of success rate should the Red Sox expect from these one-year pitcher gambles? It is OK if one out of five works out?
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... the minor leagues.Epstein tried filling the gaps last season with three veteran pitchers, signing Brad Penny and John Smoltz before the season, then Paul Byrd in August. The trio was 10-16 with a 6.17 ERA; the Sox went 16-22 in the games they started. They did give the Sox 205 2/3 innings, though.Smoltz and Penny were released in August, having cost the Sox approximately $8...
