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White Sox Sign Danny Farquhar

By Jeff Todd | July 24, 2017 at 10:21pm CDT

The White Sox have signed veteran righty Danny Farquhar, Scott Merkin of MLB.com tweets. Triple-A Charlotte has confirmed the move, while also announcing the releases of catcher Carson Blair and righty Bobby Parnell.

Chicago has been looking to add veteran arms to the ranks at Charlotte as it continues to oversee a rummage sale with its MLB roster. Several relievers have already been dealt and a few more appear to be on the block as well.

The 30-year-old Farquhar continues to generate tons of swings and misses (better than 14% this year), but has had trouble translating that into consistent results. He was able to punch out only 8.5 batters per nine via strikeout despite the outstanding whiff rate, and also permitted a 5.7 BB/9 walk rate in his 35 innings this year with the Rays.

Those struggles led to the loss of Farquhar’s MLB roster spot and, not long after, his release. But he obviously still has some intriguing skills and has at times been quite effective over long stretches. Farquhar will hope for another shot at the majors down the stretch, with designs on setting himself up for a solid opportunity entering the 2018 season.

As for the other two players, the 27-year-old Blair has seen eleven games of MLB action, but has mostly played in the upper minors in recent years. He’s slashing .211/.297/.390 on the season at Triple-A. Parnell, the former Mets’ closer, has struggled to a 7.34 ERA in his 34 1/3 innings at the highest level of the minors this year (split between the Royals and White Sox organizations).

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  1. chitown311

    8 years ago

    Yessssssss

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  2. nmendoza44

    8 years ago

    Them piling up on veteran pen-ners is a great idea honestly, just keep the young in the minors for development and have proven arms soak up innings and appearances.

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    • chitown311

      8 years ago

      And these vets are just “bad enough” where you lose most games. Right what Hahn wants

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    • Goop Pooberson

      8 years ago

      just looking for the next kahnle and swarzak!

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  3. willi

    8 years ago

    Garbage !

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    • EndinStealth

      8 years ago

      Yeah, that comment was. Thanks for confirming.

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  4. hiflew

    8 years ago

    Bobby Parnell is definitely on the list of pitchers that had their careers ruined, or at least drastically altered, by TJ surgery. He just never was the same after his surgery. He is just a grim reminder that while the surgery is mostly effective, there are guys that never make it back.

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  5. halos101

    8 years ago

    nice value move by sox

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  6. IronBallsMcGinty

    8 years ago

    Perhaps slick Rick has one more move cookin before the deadline.

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    • Phillies2017

      8 years ago

      I would imagine Swarzak is dealt

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      • cwsOverhaul

        8 years ago

        ……and Jennings (just bc veteran lefty reliever useful for someone) besides Swarzak.

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  7. white_sox9195

    8 years ago

    Hopefully Cooper works his magic

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  8. bearsfan49055

    8 years ago

    They need to trade Swarzak, Jennings, Avi Garcia & Melky Cabrera.

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  9. cwsOverhaul

    8 years ago

    Unfortunately a buyers market for OFs. Selling high on Avi would be great except for that. Melky for sure, but biggest benefit likely partial cash dump (lottery prospect)

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  10. minoso9

    8 years ago

    Swarzak isn’t going anywhere. He is now the Sox closer. Jennings might be moved, but our pitchers need to stick around while the young prospects have time to develop in the minors. Avi Garcia has learned a lot about big league ball and is hitting well this year. I hope we keep him. Melky is a big league hitter but also very pricey. We have good OF prospects [E. Jimenez, Engel, L. Robert, J. May, L. Basabe] so Melky will be dealt sooner or later.

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  11. cwsOverhaul

    8 years ago

    Oops….so much for declaring Swarzak not being dealt. Care to wager on Jennings departure (barring injury)?

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  12. Jbigz12

    8 years ago

    If I were a chi sox fan I’d be looking to deal avisail Garcia faster than any ball player on the club. That BABIP will go down and you’ll be looking at a guy who strikes out a lot and doesn’t draw walks. Realistically Garcia is probably a 265/22hr/300 obp guy who plays league average defense on a good day

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  13. minoso9

    8 years ago

    Yup, Swarzak is outta here too. He was having a very good year. I really have no clue who remains as the closer. I don’t care about Jennings. He’s good then bad and not consistent. This team is in transition, and I’ll be there to see how it works out.

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  14. bitteroldman

    8 years ago

    Melky should go, and you’d think a team would be interested in a switch hitting OF with a gun for an arm,

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