7 rating: 4.622018 salary: $850 http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey ,000, Arb-12018 performance: 2.00 ERA (FIP 3.63), 72 IP, 64 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 4 HR, 22 BB, 42 SO2019 status: He is on the D-backs 40-man roster, and he is projected to be on the 25-man roster in the bullpen.He is a D-back because of a disappointing season.In 2016, TJ McFarland had a very disappointing 24.2 innings (ERA 6.75, FIP 5.62 Sonny Gray Jersey , hits-per-9 12.0, HR-per-9 1.1, SO-per-9 2.6). In the offseason, despite his options the Orioles released him and the D-backs signed him to a minor league contract. In 2017, he was quickly promoted and he was great the through the end of July.He regressed in the last two months of the season. ”He’s had a tremendous year.” –Torey Lovullo He is a long relief pitcher. Twice in April he showed why he is among the best relievers in the Majors. Against the Dodgers and the Nationals, the D-back’s starting pitcher left the game much too early (after 2 innings and after 1.1 innings). Without time to prepare mentally, he entered the games. Against the Dodgers, although he faced 3 batters the day before, he pitched 4.0 innings with zero earned runs. Extremely impressive! The D-backs won the game! Against the Nationals, although he had faced 8 batters three days prior, he pitched 4.2 innings with only 2 earned runs. He gave the D-backs real chances to win that game.He is more than a long relief pitcher.“McFarland’s versatility was a huge plus, as he was used at times in long relief and at times in shorter outings to match up with left-handed hitters.” – Steve GilbertHow does he compare to other D-back pitchers?Let’s look at ERAs of D-back pitchers with at least 10 innings pitched.Jimmie Sherfy ranked first (1.65 ERA in 16.3 innings) Luis Severino Jersey , and TJ McFarland ranked second (2.00 ERA in 72.0 innings). The other left-handed pitcher in the bullpen, Andrew Chafin, ranked fifth in ERA (3.10 ERA in 49.1 innings).TJ McFarland earned a nickname, McERA.How do TJ McFarland and Andrew Chafin compare?Let’s compare these two lefties in the bullpen. 2018 Comparison of TJ McFarland and Andrew ChafinStatisticTJ McFarlandAndrew ChafinStatisticTJ McFarlandAndrew ChafinSources: Fangraphs, Baseball Reference, StatcastThe table shows TJ McFarland compared favorably to Andrew Chafin.Most remarkable is the difference in WPA.Jack Sommers wrote about the impact of performance in high leverage game situations.TJ McFarland had the better bWAR, ERA, walks per 9 innings, and line drive rate.McFarland had a better ground ball rate because he has a lower average launch angle. College Degree in MayTwo Diamondbacks have earned a degree at University of Phoenix. Martin Bater, MLB.com, wrote about McFarland’s graduation: In June, TJ McFarland earned a degree in business management. His parents surprised him by flying to Phoenix for his graduation. ”Happy graduation http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , buddy!” said Tim, his dad, who was beaming with pride and a smile from ear to ear. ”Just thank you, thank you so much. I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am without your support [referring to his family, including his wife Jenna],” said TJ McFarland . “I think it was always hard, especially in the beginning with all the traveling and everything being new for him,” said Jenna.And do you know the name of the other scholastic D-back? Paul Goldschmidt.Injury in SeptemberOn September 8th TJ McFarland pitched against the Braves.The next morning, he reported discomfort in his elbow. His left elbow was examined by team physician Gary Waslewski.An MRI showed a bone spur.He wanted to pitch, but instead a decision was made to shut him down for the rest of the season.”He has some inflammation around that bone spur and we just felt like the risk did not match the reward.” -- Torey LovulloHe will almost certainly be healed and pitching at 100% before start of spring training. ArbitrationThe D-backs tendered TJ McFarland.It would not surprise me if the D-backs negotiate a two year contract with TJ McFarland.He is expected to earn about $1.4 Million.That is a great bargain because he had a tremendous year and he is among the better relievers in the Majors. The 8 year minor leaguer hopes to get a chance in 2019"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Diamondbacks Farm TeamsGameday ThreadsDiamondbacks NewsDiamondbacks Game ReportsFang FoodCrowd Sourcing Diamondbacks Over/Under Projections: #34 Joey KrehbielNew,2commentsThe 8 year minor leaguer hopes to get a chance in 2019ESTShareTweetShareShareCrowd Sourcing Diamondbacks Over/Under Projections: #34 Joey KrehbielJoe Camporeale-USA TODAY SportsIf familiar with this series go ahead and skip to poll. If not, please read on.This series of articles will run from now until shortly before opening day. The purpose is to crowd source the D-Backs fans of this website to get a sense of how they feel about the prospects of each individual player on the 40 man roster. For this exercise I will only be using rate (average) stats and poll the readers on their sense of direction for that player’s level of basic performance Aaron Judge Jersey , regardless of playing time expectations.I’m not including defense and base running, so no WAR here, as that is playing time dependent. You will be given two poll options:The player will either exceed the projection or under perform the projection by 5% for hitters OPS or 10% for pitchers ERA/FIP.There is no middle option to vote on. (Otherwise the majority of votes would end up agreeing with the projection).What I am looking for is if you are forced to indicate your sense of direction for the player, is it well over or under the projection?Other Points of note:Projections are the average of Steamer and ZIPS projections.(Click through for original tables)The projections draw on 3 or 4 year samples, weighting most recent seasons the heaviest, but I’m just showing 2018 and career statsin mini table below for simplicityThe player’s name is high lighted with a link to the player’s Baseball-Reference page.Click on that to see more player history and detailAge is the 2019 player age.Polls will run until mid March, so if you miss a player,you can go to the story stream box on the front page andfind a player you might have missed .Please let us know in the comments section your thoughts behind your vote. Thanks !CONTEXT JOEY KREHBIEL Age 26Joey Krehbiel is projected to have a 4.28 ERA/4.27 FIP. Is he likely to come in over or under ?