JEREMY FARRELL
11/11/86; '08 8th; Univ. of Virginia
R/R; 6-3, 200
| Level |
BA |
OBP |
SA |
AB |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BB |
K |
SB |
CS |
| 2006 NCAA |
.324 |
.382 |
.429 |
148 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
30 |
2 |
0 |
| 2007
NCAA |
.349 |
.447 |
.500 |
86 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
| 2008 NCAA |
.316 |
.421 |
.579 |
209 |
14 |
4 |
11 |
33 |
50 |
13 |
3 |
| 2008
A- |
.287 |
.351 |
.381 |
202 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
56 |
2 |
2 |
Farrell originally was a thirdbaseman, but moved to
first last year. The Pirates drafted him as a thirdbaseman. He does
not have good bat speed, but managed to hit for good power in 2008 after having
some injury problems prior to that. He did not do well in two years in the
wood bat Cape Cod League, but he supposedly made some adjustments in
2008. Farrell's numbers aren't overwhelming, but Virginia appears to have played in
a
low-offense environment. Among other things, he accounted for nearly half
the team's HRs (11 of 25) by himself. Farrell's father, John, is the
Red Sox pitching coach and was reportedly
sought-after by the Pirates for their managerial job. After signing Farrell played at
State College, splitting his time between first and third, a little more at the latter. He
committed nine errors at third, leaving him with a very bad
.878 fielding percentage. He hit for average but not much power, and
struck out a lot. He was hitting .309 at the end of August but his average
dropped with an 0-for-14 September. He had a large platoon
split, with an OPS of 1.030 against LHPs and .642 against
RHPs. Farrell missed much of June and early July after getting beaned
twice. He should be the regular at 3B for West Virginia in 2009.
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