Baseball’s Savior

I like this move. Not only did the Yankees sign Farnsworth for less then Tom Gordon went for, but in my opinion, we got the better guy. Farnsworth was very effective for the Tigers last year, and he did even better after he got traded to the Braves. In all, he had 87 strikeouts in only 70 innings, and that’s not too shabby. The hard thrower was second in the American League in pitches over 100 mph with 14, which trailed only the Orioles Daniel Cabrera. His fifteen throughout the entire season (he had one with the Braves) put him fourth in the major leagues behind Cabrera, Billy Wagner and A.J. Burnett. Stats were courtesy of the Bill James Handbook 2006.

He seems to have a Bret Saberhagen thing going though, as his even numbered years have been less then stellar. Hopefully that trend will end in 2006.