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Luke Farrell to Make Major League Debut with the Kansas City Royals
6/30/2017 4:36:00 PM | Baseball
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Kansas City Royals have promoted Northwestern alumnus Luke Farrell '13 from AAA Omaha to start game one of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins. Farrell will make his major league debut when the Royals and Twins meet on Saturday, July 1 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Kan., at 1:15 p.m. CT.
Farrell was added as the 26th man for the doubleheader without a corresponding roster move, although a 40-man roster move will need to be made after Friday night's game to get him on the roster.
The 26-year-old right-hander boasts a 3.83 ERA in 82.3 innings with 77 strikeouts and 27 walks for the Omaha Storm Chasers this season. Farrell is reigning the Pacific Coast League Pictcher of the Week (June 26). He posted a 2-0 record and 1.29 ERA (2 ER/14.0 IP) in his two starts between June 19-26, yielding just six hits and no walks while fanning a league-best 18 batters. Included in that frame was an eight-inning gem on June 19 at Iowa in which he relinquished a lone earned run on just three hits, striking out nine while setting a single-game career-high for innings pitched.
Farrell was selected in the sixth round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals. The Westlake, Ohio, native ranks eighth all-time at Northwestern with 208 career strikeouts and he finished his career 10th all-time in single-season ERA with a 2.13 mark. Farrell received the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2013.
Farrell was added as the 26th man for the doubleheader without a corresponding roster move, although a 40-man roster move will need to be made after Friday night's game to get him on the roster.
The 26-year-old right-hander boasts a 3.83 ERA in 82.3 innings with 77 strikeouts and 27 walks for the Omaha Storm Chasers this season. Farrell is reigning the Pacific Coast League Pictcher of the Week (June 26). He posted a 2-0 record and 1.29 ERA (2 ER/14.0 IP) in his two starts between June 19-26, yielding just six hits and no walks while fanning a league-best 18 batters. Included in that frame was an eight-inning gem on June 19 at Iowa in which he relinquished a lone earned run on just three hits, striking out nine while setting a single-game career-high for innings pitched.
Farrell was selected in the sixth round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals. The Westlake, Ohio, native ranks eighth all-time at Northwestern with 208 career strikeouts and he finished his career 10th all-time in single-season ERA with a 2.13 mark. Farrell received the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2013.
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