{"id":756,"date":"2009-06-08T12:21:26","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T17:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2009-06-08T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T17:22:00","slug":"phillies-looking-at-penny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Phillies looking at Penny?"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES — The Phillies have been playing good baseball for three weeks, and pitching is a big reason why.They had won 16 of 20 games entering Friday night’s game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The pitching staff had a 3.86 ERA in that stretch (it had a 5.36 ERA before that), and Phillies starters are 7-0 with a 2.72 ERA in the seven games since Brett Myers left a May 27 game against the Marlins with a hip injury that likely ended his season.<\/p>\n

But it is no secret Philadelphia continues to look for starting pitching help. A scout for a Major League team said the Phillies have been following Red Sox right-hander Brad Penny recently. ESPN.com reported recently that the Phillies called the Red Sox about Penny, and the Sox informed them it would take Triple-A infielder Jason Donald to get him.<\/p>\n

The Phillies don’t comment on potential trades, but that price might be too steep for Penny.<\/p>\n

Penny is 5-1 in 10 starts, but he also has a 5.63 ERA and opponents have hit .310 against him.<\/p>\n

Donald is hitting just .235 with one home run and 16 RBIs for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, but the Phillies remain high on him.<\/p>\n

Donald has value for Philadelphia because he could have an impact in the near future. He could be used as a super-utility player as early as next season. And the Phillies could use Donald at third base if they decide not to pick up Pedro Feliz’s $5 million club option for 2010. Although with Feliz hitting .298 with two homers and 28 RBIs and continuing to play Gold Glove-caliber defense, it seems more likely they will. -mlb.com<\/p>\n

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Good points here, I like personally dont know much about Donald besides what the scouting reports say and from what other people say. \u00a0from what I do know hes got some darn good potential. \u00a0If that is the case we could argue all day that a possible great 3B is valued to a decent #2 or #3 pitcher. \u00a0(I said GREAT not AMAZING) \u00a0Either way I personally don’t like Penny too much, over-rated in my book. \u00a0I would rather see the Phillies go after Oswalt or even Davis from the D-backs. \u00a0Who knows though we will see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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