Brad Penny  
Starting Pitcher | Texas Rangers

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Penny also has a decent changeup. Penny has had a tendency to fall victim to big innings. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Penny is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Penny has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2005 TEX 80 70 50 70 46 43 53 44 52 80 50 0 0 60 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 11 20 45 311
2006 TEX 80 72 69 73 46 43 53 44 52 80 54 0 0 60 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 1 1 46 342
2007 TEX 84 74 75 77 46 43 53 44 52 80 56 0 0 64 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 46 366
2008 TEX 85 75 75 80 46 43 53 44 52 80 56 0 0 64 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 369
2009 TEX 89 75 75 80 46 43 53 44 52 84 56 0 0 64 0 0 27 1 Overhand DL 0 0 0 46 377
2010 TEX 90 75 75 80 46 43 53 44 52 86 56 0 0 64 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 380
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.