Earl Weaver Rules

Hayden Penn had a tough 2006 season.  His season was derailed by an appendectomy of all things and after a red start at Triple A, Penn came back from the surgery and struggled.  His 2006 line looks like something out of a video game (that you’d see from the opposition) but this is a guy who was a top prospect coming in 2006 so now we’ll get to see what he can really do now that he’s fully recovered.

Penn hopes to be in the rotation in 2007 and a good spring would go a long way toward solidifying his spot on the team.  If he doesn’t make the rotation, it’d be nice to see pick up some major league innings in long relief (a la Earl Weaver) then make his way into the starting rotation.  But this is why I wasn’t too crazy about the Steve Trachesel signing.  It means one more year of question marks for Penn.