Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 30, 2005
Penn Running Dry

It's pretty clear Hayden Penn is not ready for the major leagues yet. Hayden gave up 5 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings tonight. He doesn't go deep in games, and too often he gives up too many runs. He's now given up 25 earned runs in 33 1/3 innings for a 6.75 ERA. He's walked 19 while striking out only 14. He only had one game in which he pitched very well, and that was against Colorado in Baltimore. At 20 years old, however, there's plenty of time for him to develop into a star. He just hasn't shown any indication of greatness at this level yet. He looks like he needs more seasoning in the minors.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:37 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Penn has a common problem: he doesn't trust his stuff. The guy has a live arm and an above-average fastball. So what does he do? He falls in love with the change-up, walks guys, gets behind in the count, and then gets hammered.

Jim Palmer was going nuts about this on the Extra Innings broadcast. He kept saying that Penn could throw his fastball past a lot of hitters if he didn't mess around so much with the offspeed crud. Maybe Penn should just challenge hitters with the heater. He couldn't get worse results than he's getting now.

Posted by: Casey Abell at June 30, 2005 11:01 PM
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