Is Tony Pena Jr. the next Rafael Betancourt?

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Is Tony Pena Jr. the next Rafael Betancourt?
THT Live found this 7/22/2008 on drivelinemechanics.com [flag]
Upon checking the box scores this morning, I came across the following line during a 19-4 Detroit drubbing of the Royals: Pena 1.0 IP 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1K Expecting to see the usual hilarity that ensues when a position player takes the mound ( a la Jamie Burke ), I queued up Pena’s inning on MLB.TV. Wow. Instead of poorly-placed, low-80’s junk, Pena was bringing it. The ... [link]

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THT Live:The future of the Pena
Published 7/22/2008 by Dave Studeman at THT Live
That Royal shortstop who can't hit a lick pitched last night, and Driveline Mechanics was impressed. Is there an anti-Ankiel in our future? ...

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Mack Avenue Tigers found this 7/22/2008 on joeposnanski.com

Appearance No. 1: Vs. Detroit Tigers Innings: 1 Hits: 0 Earned runs allowed: 0. Strikeouts: 1 Walks: 0 Homers: 0 Extra base hits: 0. Decision: ND (0-0) Number of pitches: 12 Number of strikes: 8 BABIP: .000 (0 for 2) Season BABIP: ...
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THT Live:The future of the Pena

The Hardball Times found this 7/22/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

That Royal shortstop who can't hit a lick pitched last night, and Driveline Mechanics was impressed . Is there an anti-Ankiel in our future?
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Pena: Season-ending surgery

Projo Sox Blog found this 7/23/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com

Nats OF Wily Mo Pena had successful surgery performed in Cincinnati this morning by Dr. Tim Kremchek. The Nats are saying that Pena will be out four to six months; he'll be ready for spring training. According to the release, Kremchek repaired a ...
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Reliever Ziegler sets league scoreless mark

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(07-23) 04:00 PDT St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Brad Ziegler , Oakland's rookie submarine-style reliever, established an American League record for the longest scoreless streak at the start of a career, and the next inning, Carlos Peña almost brought the ...
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Is Betancourt Broken?

Pronk33 posted 7/23/2008 from ontariostreet.blogspot.com

I took a look at Rafael Betancourt’s previous performance, pitch selection, velocity, location, and delivery using Pitch f/x and other tools to try and identify why he has struggled in 2008.
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