One thing's for sure, you can't say they didn't give Penny plenty of time to prove himself. As usual, I wish him luck if he ends up elsewhere, but I won't miss him.
Another Globe article had: “We didn’t feel comfortable after [Friday] not having somebody in the bullpen with length,’’ said Francona. “Losing is terrible. Ruining your bullpen’s worse, so we want to protect that as much as we can.’’
Yeah...missing Masterson a bit now, are we? Definitely need some BP guys that can serve that role.