Bred Penny Shut Down

Brad Penny has been shut down for the year. I previously look at his Pitch FX data and saw that he fatigued much earlier than normal. This could have been due to the inflammation and/or bursitis that he had but I was always concerned. Bursitis and inflammation in a pitchers shoulder rarely just come up out of the blue from fatigue in one start. They almost always happen because there is inherent muscular weakness, instability, or scapular dysfunction. Seeing Penny have recurrent problems is not that surprising nor was his troubled rehabiliation and subsequent decision to shut him down for the rest of the season.

One last thing that I saw in my initial write up of him was that he never seemed to fully recover before coming off his first DL stay. This is a worst case scenario for a pitcher, do enough to just be able to pitch and then try to pitch and further injuring himself.

Ultimately, the remainder of the season is gone. One can only hope and pray that it is not more severe than that.