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Rays Designate Danny Farquhar For Assignment

By Connor Byrne | May 14, 2016 at 10:10pm CDT

The Rays have designated right-handed reliever Danny Farquhar for assignment, per a team announcement. In a corresponding move, Tampa Bay recalled outfielder Taylor Motter, according to Steve Carney of 620 WDAE (Twitter link).

In an unusual twist, the Rays designated Farquhar for the purpose of sending him to Triple-A Durham and keeping him on their 40-man roster. The team asked for optional waivers, meaning no one puts in a claim, tweets Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times.

Farquhar, whom the Rays recalled earlier Saturday when they placed second baseman Logan Forsythe on the disabled list, has tossed 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball for the club this year. He spent 2013-15 with the Mariners, for whom he threw 177 2/3 frames of 3.85 ERA/3.05 FIP/3.08 xFIP pitching to go with a 10.54 K/9 and 3.09 BB/9. Seattle then dealt the 29-year-old to the Rays in the offseason as part of a seven-player trade that also saw Nate Karns, Brad Miller and Logan Morrison, among others, switch uniforms.

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  1. JFisnasty

    5 years ago

    So he’s dfa’d off the 40 man, but optioned to AAA. If you get taken off the 40 man, don’t u have to go through waivers?

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    • Phillies2017

      5 years ago

      The Astros did this with Straily last year. I don’t understand the purpose because they remain on the 40-man roster regardless of whether or not they clear and I don’t believe that he’s out of options either.

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      • Visions_of_Blue_LA

        5 years ago

        He has tech more than three years service which is where the confusion comes in but still has options left. In other words he’s still on 40 man. But the Rays asked that they don’t expose him to waivers as just a formality of the process.

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    • JayJayXV

      5 years ago

      Is says KEEPING him in 40-Man Roster

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  2. cgeorge321

    5 years ago

    Optional waivers – means teams can’t put in a claim

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  3. BigGrumpki

    5 years ago

    Good. Saves him the embarrassment of not getting claimed.

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  4. ducksnort69

    5 years ago

    Farquhar is not great, but he still is far better than Dana Eveland and Steve Geltz. Rays FO has interesting logic.

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  5. kylelohse

    5 years ago

    So, once Logan Morrison is cut loose next that trade will end up being Miller for Karns.

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    • Ungerdog

      5 years ago

      speak too soon? give the younger talent more than 5 weeks to settle in…

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  6. afenton530

    5 years ago

    Connor Byrne, how many articles are doing? Where are all the other writers? Great work though

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