Because it won’t happen.

I just think it is symptomatic of the Royal’s problems that will give a shot to a 34 year old career reliever who survives purely on a fastball. He’s suddenly added 2 good offspeed pitches to his arsenal? Really? This at the same time as they have signed (rightly) a whole bunch of guys like Campillo and Thompson who actually might be worth a look as the 5th guy in the rotation.

It’s like Teahen to 2nd last year. It’s pissing about for the sake of it when they should have far higher priorities.

He won’t have any leads to blow.

maybe Farnsy asked to try his hand at starting, so McClure would rather “give him a shot” by “letting him compete” than say “no, dumbass. you’re not even a very good reliever, what makes you think you could be a starter?”

alternatively, i do like the theory below that changing his pitching style may make him a more effective pitcher.

That’s the theory here I think… GMDM realizes that he wasted money on Farnsworth, now he’s going to try to see if he can recover that… but he’ll also put him out there for 145 pitch bullpen sessions. Watch out Farnsi, your arm is next!

If he does back off, it may help some movement… does he have any other pitch that is MLB average?

soria would never hold up as a starter and is a valuable commodity no matter what role he pitches in. farnsworth has a great frame, good mechanics, and is here on a 1-year deal. we lose almost nothing if this doesn’t work out.

i love love love this idea. best thing we’ve done this offseason aside from signing Arguelles. he added two pitches last year with the 2-seamer and the cutter, and can still throw the gas as well as the great breaking ball.

“well, he said he’d like to try pitching again, so we’ll let him work through it in spring training. and may. maybe june….”

/sarcasm

Where he sucked as a starter, was moved to the pen because of it. 10 years is a long time, he might have figured out.

i’ll take bizarre

but I still have serious doubts. His straightball hasn’t been a asset since 2006, according to the lwts values, is it going to be better once he’s starting? His slider has been above average since 2007. NOt sure what’s up with the 2009 cutter numbers — those might be promising, or BIS might have misidentified a pitch.

CHONE projections a 4.22 FIP as a reliever, and applying the “general rule,” that’s about 5.22 as a starter — not necessarily replacement level, but close. It might be a worth a shot in general (certainly better than giving Maier/Kila/Fields/Rosa playing time!), but I’d rather see them give Davies, Tejeda, or Campillo each a whirl. I realize their numbers might not fit as well as Farnsworth’s, of course, so it isn’t the end of the world. But when we’re applauding Dayton for desperation moves like this, well, what more is there to say?

vs RHB: 3.43 BB/9, 9.45 K/9, 41% GB%, 3.68 xFIP
vs LHB: 4.63 BB/9, 10.41 K/9, 36% GB%, 3.89 xFIP

that looks like basically no platoon split.

we need runs or very few given up before the 8th inning. A bridge for the Royals is about as useful as a bridge to Russia.

if it wasn’t for Gordon’s injury.

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