Braves - Acquired Farnsworth
Atlanta Braves - Acquired P Kyle Farnsworth from the Detroit Tigers for P Zach Miner and P Roman Colon
Farnsworth has very quietly had a breakout year with the Tigers and while his true level of ability isn’t an ERA south of 2.5, he’ll be working with the best pitching coach in the majors the rest of the season. This is a fair trade - I like Colon long-term (and Miner still has upside) but the Braves churn out a lot of pitching prospects on that level fairly regularly.
2005 ZiPS Projection - Kyle Farnsworth
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Period W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
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Actual ‘05 1 1 46 0 42 29 11 1 20 55 2.32
Rest ‘05 1 1 22 0 21 16 8 1 10 25 3.43
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Total ‘05 2 2 68 0 63 45 19 2 30 80 2.69
2005 ZiPS Projection - Roman Colon
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Period W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
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Actual ‘05* 2 6 28 9 65 68 35 11 22 45 4.82
Rest ‘05 2 2 16 3 32 34 17 4 11 21 4.78
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* - Includes MLE
Dan Szymborski
Posted: July 31, 2005 at 08:30 PM |
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1. rb's team is hopeful for the new year! Posted: July 31, 2005 at 08:41 PM (#1513567)Push.
Farnsworth replaces Jay Powell and his exploding trick elbow and allows Sosa to concentrate on long-relief and starting. Plus he gives the Braves that much needed enforcer, in case of brawls.
Farnsworth replaces Jay Powell and his exploding trick elbow and allows Sosa to concentrate on long-relief and starting. Plus he gives the Braves that much needed enforcer, in case of brawls.
I'll be disappointed if I don't see at least one body slam, suplex, or atomic drop.
I'd guess Rodney, most likely. German's got a 1:1 K/BB and one of the worst WHIPs on staff.
I own him in both my fantasy leagues. Damn.
Come now. The Cubs had Farnsworth for 6 seasons and he posted an overall ERA+ of 93. He had 2 good seasons, 2 average seasons, and 2 horrible seasons. He was starting to get expensive. How much longer were they supposed to wait?
There was no substantial sign of improvement. For his career, he gives up nearly 1 HR per 6 IP -- that's really bad for a high-leverage reliever. He's always K'd about 9/9 while walking about 4/9.
He's had seasons like this one before (2001 and 2003) so I'll believe it's a permanent change when I see it.
This is like his third breakout year. I agree with Walt.
At least, I think it'll be interesting to see what Mazz does with a pitcher with Farnsie's velocity.
If he's expecting more than $3 million a season, he won't be back in Atlanta next year.
Which is why it might have been prudent to keep him around, see if he's the relief version of Saberhagen. Especially when they don't have a lot of other options.
That's ridiculous. How many pitchers have a real even/odd talent? Not even Saberhagen did; much of his pattern was just perceived that way, due to changes in run support and league environment. His ERA+s were consistently good.
Farnsworth strikes me as the type of guy who might very well thrive in the Braves' environment, with a well-defined role and regular work in that role. I don't know whether he's going to replace Kolb in the setup spot (my guess) or fill the Gryboski role of sixth-seventh inning guy, which right now appears to have fallen to Brower; he could do either.
-- MWE
I suspect he will get a number of chances to close, since they have over-worked Reitsma a bit and last year showed he is susceptible to that. And I wouldn't be surprised to see Farnsworth be the closer next year if Leo does indeed work a little magic with him.
Sure he has - Mark Wohlers.
Smoltz, Wohlers, Rocker....
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