Miami Marlins turn back the clock, recall Brad Penny

The last time Brad Penny started a game for the Marlins, they were still the defending World Series champion Florida Marlins.

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That was July 28, 2004. Penny worked five innings and took a no-decision in a 6-3 Marlins win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Fast forward 10 years and Penny—out of organized baseball in 2013—is back with the Marlins, now the Miami Marlins.

Penny will be recalled from Triple-A New Orleans to start against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. It will be his first appearance in a major-league game since Sept. 29, 2012, with the San Francisco Giants and his first big-league start since Sept. 25, 2011, when he was with the Detroit Tigers.

A spot in the Marlins’ rotation opened up when Miami surprisingly designated 23-year-old right-hander Jacob Turner for assignment earlier this week. He was dealt to the Chicago Cubs for a pair of minor leaguers on Friday.

Penny was 14-10 with a 4.13 ERA and 1.278 WHIP in 32 starts for the Marlins in 2003, when they won the National League wild-card berth and took down the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs in the playoffs before beating the New York Yankees to win the franchise’s second World Series title.

Penny won both of his starts in that World Series, allowing four runs—three earned—in 12.1 innings.

Florida dealt the right-hander to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 30, 2004, along with first baseman Hee-Seop Choi and pitcher Bill Murphy for catcher Paul Lo Duca, pitcher Guillermo Mota and outfielder Juan Encarnacion.

Penny was an All-Star for the Dodgers in 2006-07 and later pitched for the Boston Red Sox, two stints with the Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Tigers.

After not signing with anyone in 2013, Penny went to spring training with the Kansas City Royals this year and was released in early March. He signed a minor-league deal with the Marlins in June.

He was 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 0.938 WHIP in two starts at High-A Jupiter and had gone 2-2 with a 2.28 ERA and 1.265 WHIP in five starts at New Orleans before being recalled.