LUKE FARRELL RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER | 74 Height/Weight: 6-6 / 205 Bats/Throws: L/R Born: June 7, 1991 (Westlake, Ohio) Opening day age: 25 Resides: Cleveland, Ohio MLB Service: 0 days Signed Through: 2017 Acquired: Selected in the sixth round of the 2013 Draft
2016 SEASON • Spent a majority of the season with Omaha (AAA), • Worked 7.0 scoreless innings on July 16 vs. Salt Lake, despite missing a month of action due to injury (June a 3-0 win…allowed two hits and tallied a season-best 3-July 3). nine strikeouts. • His 3.76 ERA (38 ER in 91.0 IP) ranked 11th in the • Also had two outings with Surprise (Rookie), earning a Pacific Coast League among pitchers that worked at win while allowing one run in 6.2 innings (1.35 ERA) least 90.0 innings. and collecting 12 strikeouts.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • In his last two professional seasons, he’s posted a 14-6 WHIP (1.26), minimum 90.0 innings in 2015. mark; prior to the start of 2015, he went 3-16 in his • In 2014, tied for 12th among all minor league first 19 decisions. pitchers with 13 losses…12 of his setbacks came • Split 2015 between Wilmington (A) and Northwest with Lexington (A), tying him for third in the South Arkansas (AA), going 7-3 with a 3.07 ERA (42 ER Atlantic League. in 123.0 IP) in 26 outings (19 starts) combined…his • Recorded a career high 10 strikeouts twice in 2014, ERA ranked fifth among Royals farmhands. May 7 vs. Asheville and July 31 at West Virginia. • Ranked seventh among Texas League pitchers in MISCELLANEOUS NOTES • Full name is Luke Thomas Farrell…resides in All-Big Ten three times (2011-13)…finished second Cleveland, Ohio, during the offseason. in the conference in ERA (2.13) and strikeouts (80) in 2013…threw a complete game shutout at Wrigley • Graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Field vs. Michigan on April 20, 2013. Ohio in 2009, finishing with an 8-2 record his second year. • Son of Red Sox manager, John Farrell…older brothers, Jeremy and Shane, also played professional baseball… • Earned a communications studies degree from both currently work in the Chicago Cubs’ front office. Northwestern University in 2013…named Academic
FARRELL’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG 2013 Idaho Falls 1-3 6.65 10 10 0 0 0 43.1 52 32 32 5 5 15 45 5 0 .311 2014 Lexington 2-12 5.25 23 19 0 0 1 108.0 117 76 63 13 2 47 102 14 0 .273 Northwest Arkansas 0-1 6.17 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 11 8 8 2 0 2 11 0 0 .250 2015 Wilmington 2-0 3.03 7 3 0 0 2 29.2 27 12 10 0 3 6 41 5 2 .250 Northwest Arkansas 5-3 3.09 19 16 0 0 0 93.1 89 38 32 7 4 29 65 4 1 .251 2016 Surprise@ 1-0 1.35 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 0 0 3 12 1 0 .167 Omaha 6-3 3.76 19 14 0 0 0 91.0 85 44 38 12 2 40 78 5 0 .249 Minor League Totals 17-22 4.32 82 64 0 0 3 383.2 385 211 184 39 16 142 354 34 3 .262 @ - Minor League Injury Rehab
CAREER TRANSACTIONS 2013 Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the sixth round of the First-Year Player Draft...signed by Scott Melvin
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