FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Source: Red Sox close to adding Penny to rotation
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Penny, who would be in the Red Sox's starting rotation, will have to take a physical and the two sides are still working out the language of the contract.
Penny, 29, struggled last season with the Dodgers, going 6-9 with a 6.27 in 17 starts and two relief appearances. He was shut down in September and placed on the 60-day disabled list with a sore right shoulder.
Penny posted a career year in 2007 by throwing 208 innings with 16 wins and a career-low 3.03 ERA.
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I like Penny. Had an off year last season, but is one of the harder throwers in MLB. Beckett, Lester, Dice-K, Penny and Wakefield... not bad, with Bucholz there too. Also added Ramon Martinez to the bullpen to add another great arm then Okie and Masterson before Papp. I'd like to add Baldelli and trade for Saltalamacchia and would be very content. Getting Texiera would have meant losing Mike Lowell.... and that would have flat out sucked.