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Kyle Farnsworth


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Didn't we light this kid up like a strand of christmas lights in the NLCS?

 

Seems to me we owned the guy. Anyone else remember what his performance was like in the NLCS?

5IP are not indicative of his ability so I don't know where your going with that. Farnsworth is a good option for us depending on the price of course. 3 medium grade pitching prospects might do it? Anything that requires our top prospects should not be considered.

 

 

Heres a look at his performance overthe yrs:

 

Starter initially, but failed somewhat, so he was moved to the pen...

 

age 24...started 5 games and came from the pen the other 42...6.43 ERA

 

age 25...first full season in the pen, overworked a bit...82IP, 107K, 29BB, 65H with a 2.74 ERA

 

age 26...showed signs of wear from his age 25 season going only 46IP with a 7+ ERA

 

age 27...last season he wasn't as good as Benitez, but close....76IP, 92K, 36BB, 53H

 

 

I'm just guessing here, but power pitchers have a better chance at PPS because their aggressive pitching won't hurt them as much with the fences being so far back. He made 600K in 2003.

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i still dont see what the Cubs would be thinking here

Same. He can't cost that much in arby to bring him back, but maybe the signing of Hawkins made him expendable. I'd love to keep Loop...can we offer him a contract and ignore arbitration? Something like 2yrs 5MM?

 

He made 1.6 last season.

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i still dont see what the Cubs would be thinking here

Same. He can't cost that much in arby to bring him back, but maybe the signing of Hawkins made him expendable. I'd love to keep Loop...can we offer him a contract and ignore arbitration? Something like 2yrs 5MM?

 

He made 1.6 last season. I have the same question. Can you offer a contract to an arbitration eligible player to avoid the arbitration process? If yes, I agree that they should try to ink Looper to a 2 years contract.

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First off, why is Farnsworth an option all of a sudden? Was he not offered arbitration?

 

Secondly, I would just as soon trade Looper straight up for him - but that would mean we would have to sign Looper. I like Farnsworth, and yes, we did light him up - but I just have the feeling it was more about us than about him. It was our time, Mr. Anderson (sorry, Matrix reference).

 

But I have no idea why the Cubs would consider moving Farnsworth...anyone have any idea!!! :banghead :blink:

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First off, why is Farnsworth an option all of a sudden? Was he not offered arbitration?

 

Secondly, I would just as soon trade Looper straight up for him - but that would mean we would have to sign Looper. I like Farnsworth, and yes, we did light him up - but I just have the feeling it was more about us than about him. It was our time, Mr. Anderson (sorry, Matrix reference).

 

But I have no idea why the Cubs would consider moving Farnsworth...anyone have any idea!!! :banghead :blink:

He can't cost that much in arby to bring him back, but maybe the signing of Hawkins made him expendable

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First off, why is Farnsworth an option all of a sudden? Was he not offered arbitration?

 

Secondly, I would just as soon trade Looper straight up for him - but that would mean we would have to sign Looper.

no we wouldnt, Loop isnt a free agent

 

and the date to be offered arbitration is the 20th i think

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