"The Detroit Tigers and free-agent right-hander Brad Penny have agreed to a one-year deal worth $3 million, plus $3 million in incentives, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney (ESPN)."
If you take out Penny's time with the Red Sox he has actually been a very solid pitcher in his career. The problem is the Tigers play in the AL and I don't believe he can handle AL lineups. On top of that, Penny is recovering from an upper-back injury that limited him to just 9 starts in 2009.
Still, the signing makes sense. The Tigers have a lot of question marks in their rotation. Verlander and Scherzer are very good, but after that it gets a little dicey. Porcello had a great rookie year, but stumbled last year before finishing strong. Galarraga is likely to lose his job (even after his near perfect game), and Phil Coke is being converted from a reliever to a start. Penny can eat up some innings for them, which is never a bad thing with all the young pitching they have.
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