Tracking the Preaux Career (and health) of Danny Farquhar

[Dad04]

This is a college message board. The thread is about a college player. I was referring to college games. If you want to hijack the thread and make it about scouting teeny high schools with 50 fans where scouts stick out like a sore thumb once every 10 games, feel free. They are all looking for 95, all the time at every college game.

[BrudaCajun]

I Love Danny. You got me.

Like they said is there anything wrong with \that. lmao

[RustyR]

If you think this is player bashing, go to a school down the roads board. They wanted to fire a coach who had won 10 games. And bashed the number one player picked in the NFL draft. There are pretty much scouts at every game, every team has a number of scouts that scouts a certain area. And if he had a good year in the cape cod league last year, they were on him like stink on you know what. It is alot of pressure, especially when you want to make a living playing the sport. Some kids fold some player excel. When you look in the stands and see guns, you may try and give it a little extra. I believe Danny is better in a reliever role than a starter. Different arm slots and has a good FB. I believe he will make it all the way to the majors.

[TuffGuy84]

NEWSFLASH: Scouts are at every game to see EVERYONE. Holy CRAP. The level of baseball discourse on this board has his hit an all-time low. I'm out.

Yes, they are at every game, but even coach robe has made it clear in the past that scouts have ruined some of his best players. Scouts will say "your great, but you'd be better if you did (whatever)", so pitchers and players will tend to listen to that, and it takes away from what robe has been teaching them for years. I don't really know what happened to danny in this last season, it looked like he just struggled with his control. It sounds bad to say, but I hope it was something like a little nagging injury that we didn't know about and not the result of a scout coaching him out of his normal game.

Tuffguy

[Dad04]

U actually believe that? That is coach-speak for my guy had a tough game.

[rhineaux]

_ U actually believe that? That is coach-speak for my guy had a tough game. _

Whether or not it's true,

I've only heard Robe talk about it after several poor games (6, 7, 8+ starts), not just one tough game.

I've only heard him say it about DF and Kevin Ardoin. Both were fantastic pitchers who had very poor endings to their careers (assuming Danny leaves).

[Villager]

Fortunately, for danny and all other pitchers on the team the scouts were paying attention to their "stuff" and not the swiss cheese defense they all played behind all year. Lets not forget about paultry run support which causes pitchers to try and be perfect and press.

I'd say that two cajuns drafted is a good thing.

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA - Two of the most dominant pitchers in Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball history will now have a chance to continue their dream of playing professional baseball. Junior Danny Farquhar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) and senior Hunter Moody (Clinton, La.) were selected in the 10th and 35th rounds, respectively, by the Toronto Blue Jays Friday in day two of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Friday's selections mark the 27th consecutive year that at least one Ragin' Cajun has been drafted in the MLB Draft and the sixth straight year that a Cajun has been selected in the first 11 rounds of the draft. Farquhar, the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year, was selected by the Blue Jays with the 309th overall selection. The junior right-hander went 3-8 with a 4.95 ERA and a team-high 83 strikeouts in 14 appearances. Last season, Farquhar earned second team All-Sun Belt honors after posting a 6-3 record on the mound. He started the season as a closer before making his way into the starting role, recording a team-best six saves. Farquhar also struck out 115 batters, while walking just 22 in 87 2/3 innings of work. He finished the season ranked ninth among NCAA Division I pitchers in strikeouts per nine innings. Prior to the start of the 2008 season, Farquhar was named to the 2008 Brooks Wallace and the Golden Spikes Award Watch Lists. Moody, who was selected as the No. 1059 pick overall, concluded his stellar four-year career as a first team All-Sun Belt selection after a 9-2 season with a 3.26 ERA. The senior finishes his career as the school's winningest pitcher with a 31-7 all-time record - an impressive .816 winning percentage. He leaves as one of only four pitchers in Sun Belt Conference history to win 30 games and finishes his illustrious career ranked in the top five of four major pitching categories at UL - wins, strikeouts, innings pitched and games started. In the second game of the 2008 season, the Rogers Clemens Award nominee combined to throw the first combined one-hit shutout for the Cajuns since Feb. 22, 1984. He tossed two combined shutouts to open his senior season and has been named the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week three times this season - the most in school history. Earlier his season, he became the first pitcher in school history to be named SBC Pitcher of the Week in successive weeks. center> RaginCajuns.com Chris Yandle

[NewsCopy]

In three years as teammates on UL's baseball team, junior Danny Farquhar and senior Hunter Moody honed their pitching skills and developed a strong friendship. There's a chance they could share even more memories together at the next level after the Toronto Blue Jays selected both Ragin' Cajun pitchers on Friday in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Farquhar went in the 10th round before Moody got picked up in the 35th round on the second and final day of the draft. It marked the 27th consecutive year at least one UL player was selected in the draft - and the sixth straight that a Cajun went in the first 11 rounds. The rest of the story Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • June 7, 2008

[BrudaCajun]

I have heard that Danny will not be back with us next season. Sad to see him go. He oughta grow that semi-mullet he had in '07, get some touch back on that slide piece. Good luck Danny.

Oh am I late on this or am I breaking news. lol