Giants Pick up Brad Penny – Online Sport Book. Online sportbook tells us that the San Francisco Giants have picked up starting pitcher Brad Penny off waivers. Penny last pitched with the Boston Red Sox and as Internet sportbook stats tell us, not very well. Online sportbook has Penny going right into the rotation for the Giants. He is expected to pitch on Wednesday against the Phillies as online sportbook info indicates.
The addition of Penny really is costing the Giants next to nothing as online betting indicates, since Boston has to pay the rest of his salary for this year. Penny was rumored to be going to a few teams in sports betting but it was the Giants who he chose. “You can’t hard-sell the guy when you can only offer what you can offer,” Giants vice president of operations Bobby Evans said. “He obviously had plenty of choices. We made an offer, and he took us up on it.”
The Giants have had an interest in Penny for some time as online sportbook info indicated. “He’s a 2007 All-Star, which is not that long ago,” Evans said. “We’ve got a good ballpark for strong, solid arms. His velocity has been pretty consistent in the low 90s. His numbers in the American League might not be the same in the NL.” Online sportbook stats tell us that Penny was 7-8 with a 5.61 ERA in 24 starts for the Red Sox. Online sportbook stats had him giving up 160 hits and 17 home runs over 131and 2/3 innings.
Internet sportbook tells us that Penny could be very motivated since he did not leave the Dodgers on the best of terms last season. The Giants will be facing the Dodgers in two different online sportbook series this month and Penny should pitch. Sports betting told us that the addition of Penny gives the Giants some interesting options in the rotation with Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Barry Zito Jonathan Sanchez and possibly Randy Johnson if he returns from injury.
Penny is taking the place of Joe Martinez in the rotation as Internet sportbook indicated after Martinez was optioned to Triple A Fresno. Internet sportbook information has Tim Lincecum getting pushed back to Thursday since he threw 127 pitches in his last start. The Giants are very much in the Wild Card race as they are neck and neck with the Colorado Rockies although both teams still trail the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West.