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
2009 A
.248
.337
.359
270
13
1
5
30
71
1
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.

Farrell was tabbed to be the regular at 3B for West Virginia in 2009, but was out at the beginning of the season with an oblique strain.  He missed other stretches with injuries as well, including the last several weeks of the season.  Outside of drawing walks, he didn't do much at the plate.  The power still hasn't developed and he still fans a lot.  Defensively he continued to struggle, with 25 errors in 70 games at third.  He doesn't move well and probably needs to shift to first, but that's problematic due to the lack of power.  Farrell will probably be the starting thirdbaseman at Bradenton in 2010, but he needs to pick it up with the bat.  That won't be easy to do in the pitcher-friendly Florida State League.

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