Farnsworth came up as a starter with the Cubs in 1999, but wasn't really suited to the role and drifted into the bullpen. We was terrific as their lead setup man in 2001, awful in 2002, pretty good in 2003-04, but ran afoul of Dusty Baker and was run out of town to Detroit, for nothing much. He's pitched very well there and took over the closing duties of late.
He might have the best arm in major league baseball. Him or Billy Wagner. He throws routinely in the 98-100 MPH range, and ...
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