{"id":34860,"date":"2025-02-17T10:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34860"},"modified":"2025-02-17T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:19:03","slug":"braves-sign-buck-farmer-to-minor-league-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34860","title":{"rendered":"Braves Sign Buck Farmer To Minor League Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>By Mark Polishuk | <time datetime=\"2025-02-16T17:15:43-06:00\">February 16, 2025<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2025-02-16T17:15:43-06:00\">5:15pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Braves have signed right-hander <strong>Buck Farmer<\/strong> to a minor league deal.\u00a0 The Nati Sports X account was the first to report the news, and Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Farmer will receive an invitation to the Braves\u2019 big league spring camp.<\/p>\n<p>Farmer was born in Conyers, Georgia and played his college ball at Georgia Tech, so the signing represents something of a homecoming for the veteran reliever.\u00a0 (Not to mention an early birthday present, as Farmer turns 34 on Thursday.). The Braves actually made Farmer a 46th-round pick in the 2009 draft but he elected to attend college instead, and his pro career didn\u2019t officially begin until he was a fifth-round pick for the Tigers in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of bottom-line results, his 2024 campaign was the best of his 11 big league seasons.\u00a0 Farmer posted a 3.04 ERA over 71 innings for the Reds, chewing up innings as a bullpen workhorse for the second consecutive year.\u00a0 His 3.94 SIERA was more reflective of his overall performance, as Farmer had an unimpressive 9.7% walk rate and roughly a league-average 23.4% strikeout rate, but he did a good job of limiting hard contact.<\/p>\n<p>Since Opening Day 2018, Farmer has posted a 4.03 ERA, 23.5% strikeout rate, and 9.8% walk rate across 386 2\/3 Major League inning with Detroit and Cincinnati.\u00a0 A rough 2021 season with the Tigers skewed those numbers upwards a bit, but it still represents some solid production and durability for Farmer, even if he lacked the standout secondary statistics to land a guaranteed contract.<\/p>\n<p>Farmer is the latest in a long line of veteran non-roster invites battling for jobs in the Atlanta bullpen, and his track record could give him a bit of an edge within a busy competition.\u00a0 <strong>Jake Diekman<\/strong>, <strong>Chasen Shreve<\/strong>, <strong>Dylan Covey<\/strong>, <strong>Wander Suero<\/strong>, <strong>Jordan Weems<\/strong>, <strong>Enyel De Los Santos<\/strong>, and <strong>Enoli Paredes<\/strong> are also in camp on minor league contracts, not to mention the Braves\u2019 in-house prospects and starter candidates who could be battling for relief work.\u00a0 The Braves had some holes to fill after losing several relievers in free agency, and <strong>Joe Jimenez<\/strong> to what might be a season-ending knee surgery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (21)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Braves bring a veteran reliever and Georgia native into camp. 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