Dodgers Decline Option on Penny
The Dodgers declined the $9.25 million option for 2009 on pitcher Brad Penny and paid him a $2 million buyout, allowing the 30-year-old right-hander to become a free agent. After winning 16 games in both 2006 and 2007, Penny went 6-9 with a 6.27 ERA in 2008, spending three stints on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis and he missed the postseason. With Penny gone and Derek Lowe a free agent, the veteran of the current starting rotation is Japanese import Hiroki Kuroda, technically a Major League rookie this year, followed by 24-year-old Chad Billingsley and 20-year-old rookie Clayton Kershaw. No other current Dodger made more than seven starts in 2008.
-- Ken Gurnick
i hope maybe the reds could maybe pick him up because they need a 5 rotation pitcher. i don't even think they have one if they do have one it could be a nick masset witch was aquired from the white sox. or even the guy they got from the diamondbacks for adam dunn.
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The Dodgers will regret this one.
To quote Bogie from 'Casblanca': "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life"
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