Buck Farmer

Buck Farmer

32-Year-Old PitcherRP
Cincinnati Reds
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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$Signed a one-year, $1.75 million contract with the Reds in November of 2022.
Picks up save Wednesday
PCincinnati Reds
May 31, 2023
Farmer earned a save against the Red Sox on Wednesday, striking out one batter in a perfect inning.
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Closer Alexis Diaz pitched three of the previous four days, so the Reds turned to Farmer to protect a one-run lead in the ninth. The righty reliever threw just half of his 16 pitches for a strike but managed to retire the side in order for his first save of the campaign. Farmer has pitched well this season with a 2.60 ERA, 0.87 WHIP and 25:9 K:BB over 27.2 innings, but Diaz has been dominant and is in no danger of losing his ninth-inning role.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
15
How many pitches does Buck Farmer generally throw?
 
1-10
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
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121+
 
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121+
What part of the game does Buck Farmer generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-13%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-36%
BAA vs RHP
2022
 
 
-11%
BAA vs RHP
2021
 
 
-10%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2021vs Left .243 180 41 29 36 9 0 5
Since 2021vs Right .212 296 75 26 55 9 0 9
2023vs Left .205 43 10 3 8 3 0 1
2023vs Right .132 63 15 6 7 1 0 2
2022vs Left .226 79 17 17 14 4 0 0
2022vs Right .202 120 37 8 22 5 0 2
2021vs Left .298 58 14 9 14 2 0 4
2021vs Right .268 113 23 12 26 3 0 5
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-36%
ERA at Home
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-21%
ERA at Home
2022
 
 
-51%
ERA at Home
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-16%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2021Home 3.38 1.18 56.0 1 3 1 9.8 4.5 0.6
Since 2021Away 5.30 1.47 54.1 2 2 2 9.1 4.5 1.7
2023Home 2.30 0.70 15.2 0 2 0 8.0 2.3 0.0
2023Away 2.92 1.05 12.1 1 1 1 8.0 3.6 2.2
2022Home 2.55 1.14 24.2 1 1 1 10.6 4.0 0.4
2022Away 5.24 1.48 22.1 1 1 1 10.1 5.6 0.4
2021Home 5.74 1.72 15.2 0 0 0 10.3 7.5 1.7
2021Away 6.86 1.73 19.2 0 0 0 8.7 3.7 2.7
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Stat Review
How does Buck Farmer compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
2.78
 
K/9
8.0
 
BB/9
2.9
 
HR/9
1.0
 
Fastball
93.3 mph
 
ERA
2.57
 
WHIP
0.86
 
BABIP
.182
 
GB/FB
0.74
 
Left On Base
80.8%
 
Exit Velocity
81.1 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
4.5%
 
Spin Rate
2171 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
20.3%
 
Swinging Strike
11.9%
 
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In terms of run prevention, Farmer was one of the Tigers' five best relievers in 2020, but he does not check out so well under the hood. The right-hander lost close to two miles per hour off his four-seam fastball, leaving the gulf between that pitch and his changeup at just about five mph. As a result, Farmer's strikeout rate crashed from 25.3% in 2019 to just 15.7% last season. He made a brief trip to the IL in August with a groin injury but was believed to be healthy otherwise. Farmer deserves credit for limiting the traffic on the basepaths with a 5.6 BB% and keeping the ball on the ground (52.2 GB%), but if he hasn't regained something on his stuff after an offseason of rest, statistical regression is inevitable. All that contact could catch up to him in a hurry.
Farmer continued his evolution into a setup man in his second season as a full-time reliever. His 73 appearances tied for seventh among major-league pitchers, and he shared the team lead with 15 holds. While his 3.72 ERA and 1.27 WHIP were rather pedestrian, they represented noticeable improvements over the 4.15/1.56 marks he posted in 2018. Farmer's growth was evident in other areas, too; his 25.3 K% was the highest of his career and nearly 7% better than his previous campaign, while his 8.3 BB% was also a career-best and a 5% improvement over 2018. That's not to say that Farmer did anything exceptionally well -- he fell below the 80th percentile in every Statcast metric last season -- but he wasn't exceptionally poor in any category, either. On a team with a paucity of bullpen options, he's likely to take on a large workload and have the opportunity to notch double-digit holds again in 2020.
Farmer began the 2017 campaign toiling at Triple-A Toledo. He was summoned for a couple first-half spot starts, tossing 13 scoreless frames, fanning 16 with only three walks in a pair of victories. After getting lit up in his ensuing two starts, Farmer was sent back down to rejoin the Mudhens before getting the call again in mid-August. Farmer's Triple-A peripherals of a 8.3 K/9, 2.3 BB/9 and 0.65 HR/9 offered some optimism he'd perform closer to his two outings earlier in the season than his last two. That glimmer of hope was quickly extinguished as went on to sport a 6.82 ERA and 1.68 ERA over 30.1 innings to close the season. While Farmer may make the team as a reliever, he's more likely to start in the Triple-A rotation until an injury clears a spot for him to struggle again at the major-league level.
Farmer once again split time between Triple-A Toledo and Detroit in 2016, and once again he failed to find any real big league success. While he improved on his 7.36 ERA from 2015, that's not saying much. Farmer earned just one spot start in 2016 and yielded four runs in five innings. He struggled mightily with his command at the major league level, allowing a 6.1 BB/9. On the bright side, Farmer held a 3.96 ERA and much better 2.5 BB/9 over 20 starts in Toledo in 2016. His four-pitch arsenal suggests that he might still have the potential to become a back-of-the-rotation starter one day, although he'll need to demonstrate the ability to command the strike zone better at the major league level in order to get another starting opportunity for the Tigers.
Poor Farmer — Google turns up more returns for male deer and deer farms than it does for the player himself. The Tigers saw Big Buck as a back-end starter when they drafted him in 2013, but their outlook has likely changed after 2015. Farmer throws with power, but he was eaten alive as an MLB starter last season. Converted to middle-relief, Farmer's heater became more dominant, but that led to the dreaded forearm tightness diagnosis in early September. His MRI came back clean, but that extra velocity could be an issue on that tender arm going forward. His 7.36 ERA, 1.74 WHIP and .323 OBA with the Tigers in 2015 all point to a conversion to the bullpen, but spring training will tell that tale.
The Tigers selected Farmer in the fifth round of the 2013 first-year player draft. Farmer got off to a quick start with Low-A West Michigan last season, going 10-5 with a 2.60 ERA and 116:24 K:BB ratio in 103.2 innings. He was old (23) for the Low-A level at the time, but his success and a rash of injuries to the Tigers’ rotation forced the team’s hand to call upon Farmer for a couple of spot starts. Unsurprisingly, the 6-foot-4, 225-pound righty struggled in his time with the Tigers, compiling an 11.57 ERA and 11:5 K:BB ratio in 9.1 innings. Despite the rocky debut, the Tigers still view Farmer as a potential backend starter in the future. His fastball usually sits in the low-90s, but he has shown the ability to touch 95 mph. He always has a changeup, curveball and slider in his repertoire, and all three pitches have the potential to be major-league quality with some work. In an ideal situation, Farmer would have spent more time in Double-A Erie and/or Triple-A Toledo last season. Most likely, the Tigers will make up for that lost development time and have Farmer work primarily at those two levels in 2015. He’ll once again be a spot-start option, but Farmer’s first long-term look in the majors will likely be 2016 if he shows growth this year.
Signed a contract with Detroit in June 2013.
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Takes Opening Day loss
PCincinnati Reds
March 30, 2023
Farmer picked up the loss Thursday against the Pirates after allowing an earned run on a walk in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie.
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Agrees to terms
PCincinnati Reds
November 17, 2022
Farmer signed a one-year, $1.75 million contract with the Reds on Thursday, avoiding arbitration, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Better second half
PCincinnati Reds
October 21, 2022
Farmer finished the 2022 season with a 3.83 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, five holds and two saves over 47 innings, but he had a 2.83 ERA over 35 innings following his second call-up July 9, Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Earns save Sunday
PCincinnati Reds
September 18, 2022
Farmer didn't strike out a batter but pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save during Sunday's win over the Cardinals.
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Back from bereavement list
PCincinnati Reds
August 20, 2022
Farmer (personal) was reinstated from the bereavement list Saturday.
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