The Rays have designated right-hander Danny Farquhar for assignment and will activate right-handed reliever Brad Boxberger from the disabled list tomorrow, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter links).
The 30-year-old Farquhar tossed a scoreless inning in tonight’s game for Tampa Bay and has thrown a total of 35 frames for the Rays in 2017. In that time, he’s pitched to a 4.11 ERA with 8.5 K/9, 5.7 BB/9 and a 44.4 percent ground-ball rate. While the lack of control is obviously a problem for Farquhar, he was better not only in terms of limiting free passes but also in missing bats just one year ago. Last year with the Rays, he logged a strong 3.06 ERA with 11.7 K/9 against 3.8 BB/9 in 35 1/3 frames.
Farquhar was a Super Two player this past offseason and avoided arbitration for the first time, agreeing to a $900K salary. If the Rays ultimately place him on waivers, that figure — of which about $467K remains — is manageable enough that he’d be a candidate to be claimed. Of course, it’s possible that the Rays also gauge trade interest in Farquhar, who has a 3.65 ERA and nearly 10 strikeouts per nine innings across his past 192 1/3 Major League innings and is controllable via arbitration through the 2020 season.
they are aware Rickie Weeks and his 44% strikeout rate are still taking up a 40-man roster spot, right?
Someone please educate me: why the DFA? Those numbers seem decent enough to stay in the majors?
I’m sorry but nearly 6 BB/9 is not worthy of a spot.
Really!!
Walks? Sounds like the pitching coach cannot make it work with him
Several good ones out there. Maybe they can fix what ever issues it may be
Could be as simple as what part of the plate he pitches from
Why is he controllable through 2020? He debuted in 2011 and this is his 5th year in a row making at least 35 appearances. Does that really only count as 2+ years of service time?
I guess I thought once you crossed a certain threshold your six years of service time would expire no matter how many times you go up or down?
It’s all about how many days a player spends on the active roster. He had 2 full years and 170 days entering the season … so just two shy of hitting another full year of service. Add in time served this year already, and he’s into 3+ range, so he could conceivably play with another team and be offered arb for the first time this fall.