CARLOS PENA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Pena singles in 7th as Astros avoid being no-hit
The Houston Astros were eight outs away from being no-hit for a second time this season, until Carlos Pena laced a hard single to right field to spoil Justin Verlander's bid for his third no-hitter.
Verlander shut down the overmatched Astros in their sixth straight loss, 9-0 on Sunday. Texas' Yu Darvish was one out away from pitching a perfect game against the Astros in...
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Pena, Astros get better of Braves
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Carlos Pena hit his first home run for the Houston Astros in a 6-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
Pena, who hit 181 homers over the past six seasons with Tampa Bay and the Chicago Cubs, signed a 2.9 million, one-year contract with the Astros this offseason. He is one of Houston's few veterans and is expected be the club's primary designated...
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March 02, 2013
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Houston Astro Carlos Pena Starts His Unwanted Farwell Tour
Carlos Pena recently signed a 1-year/2.9 million dollar deal with the Houston Astros. Pena has now started following the path of former star players at the end of their careers. It’s sad to see a good player bounce around from team to team playing with diminishing skills. Pena is on the fast track to retirement. … Continue reading »
Carlos Pena Signs with the Houston Astros
The Houston Astros got rid of one Carlos during this past season, and they have now replaced him with another. As the Astros moved toward rebuilding, they traded away Carlos Lee. Yesterday, they signed another veteran first baseman, Carlos Pena.
According to Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle, the Astros signed a one-year deal worth $2.9 million. Smith says the contract...
Astros sign veteran Carlos Pena
The Houston Astros have signed veteran Carlos Pena to be their designated hitter, addressing a key need as they prepare for their first season in the American League.
The 34-year-old Pena, who spent last season in his second stint with Tampa Bay, hit .197 with 19 home runs and 61 RBIs in 2012. Terms were not released Monday.
Pena had the best seasons of his career in his first...
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December 17, 2012
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Pena joins Astros with one-year deal
Veteran Carlos Pena has agreed to sign a one-year, $2.9 million contact with the Houston Astros. The deal includes $1.4 million in incentives, CBSSports.com reported Monday. The Astros plan to use Pena as a designated hitter in their first year of American League play. Pena, 34, hit .197 with 19 home runs and 61 RBI for Tampa Bay in his second stint with the Rays last season...
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Former NBA player interferes with foul ball
Matt Geiger is a lot of things. He’s a former NBA journeyman center who played for the 76ers, Heat and Hornets. He’s a Tampa Bay Rays fan. And today, he tried to become Steve Bartman. Rays 1B Carlos Pena was chasing a foul pop-up down over by the wall down the first baseline and had a beat on it until Matt Geiger’s seven foot frame appeared out of nowhere.
Geiger interfered...
Teammates, fans caught up in Pena's return
PORT CHARLOTTE Carlos Pena strode into the Tampa Bay Rays clubhouse Thursday morning, sporting a blue team workout jersey and beaming with that old mega-watt smile.
The sight was so familiar, it was almost as if hed never been gone.
But here he was again, back in the fold amid a flurry of hugs, handshakes and pats on the back from teammates who couldnt have been happier about...
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February 23, 2012
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Rays reportedly bring back Pena for one year
Carlos Pena is returning to the Tampa Bay Rays.
According to multiple reports early Friday afternoon, the 33-year-old free agent who played in 2011 for the Chicago Cubs has signed a one-year, 7.25-million deal to resume his role as the Rays first baseman.
Pena hit .225 for Chicago with 28 homers and 80 RBI last season, following his final year with Tampa Bay in 2010 when he batted...
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January 20, 2012
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Player Profile #197: Carlos Pena | 1B | FA
Boom or bust. That’s Carlos Pena in a nutshell. OK, so he hasn’t topped .227 in any of the last three seasons and has averaged a modest 82 RBI over the last two seasons, but there’s still some life in that bat of his. He hits a lot of fly balls and touches one homer every five flies (an elite rate). He’s completely unable to provide anything in the way of batting average...
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