Is the end nigh for The Professor?
Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle reports that the Astros have outrighted Kyle Farnsworth. They’ve called up Jose Veras to replace him in the pen.
Farnsworth is 38 and he’s been awful this year, posting a 6.17 ERA in 11 and two-thirds innings since joining the Astros and walking more guys than he has struck out. He was a bit better than that with the Mets to start the season, but the fact is that two teams going nowhere and who are predisposed at this point to put up with less-than-stellar production in the name of saving some money and saving their young arms has decided that Farnsworth wasn’t worth keeping him around.
That’s a bad sign if he wants to keep pitching.