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Kyle goes slow in 2nd year
Works on off-speed
BY ANTHONY McCARRON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Monday, March 19th 2007, 4:00 AM
TAMPA - You can hear it when Kyle Farnsworth pitches, low rumbles and gasps
from the crowd when the Yankee reliever nears 100 miles per hour on the
scoreboard radar gun. Jorge Posada has noticed it from his crouch behind
the plate.
"They want to see that speed," Posada said. "I remember he hit 101 last
year. They love to see that. He comes in, they're looking at that speed
gun."
This season, fans might see some unusual readings. Farnsworth, one of
the Yankees' setup men, is working on a changeup and a sinker, hoping
that pitches in the mid-80s can keep hitters from sitting on his
fastball. It's something that pitching coach Ron Guidry suggested
at the end of last season.
"I've thrown it before, but never a lot," Farnsworth said, referring to
his changeup. "Everything's been hard, hard, hard, so I'm trying to get
the grip on this. I just want to do it right."
Farnsworth didn't throw any changeups yesterday in his one inning in
the Yanks' 8-1 victory over Pittsburgh because he was busy working on
the sinker. But he couldn't control the unfamiliar pitch and Pirate
hitters "weren't swinging, so I fell behind," Farnsworth said. He
walked two and gave up one hit and one run, raising his spring ERA to
3.60.
Despite the less-than-pristine outing, Farnsworth is happy this spring.
He no longer feels painful twinges in his back, which hampered him last
season. A disk was brushing against a nerve in his back and it locked
up several times, rendering him unavailable for "about 10 games," he said.
And the Yankees believe they have discovered something in addition to
a couple of deceptive new pitches that will help Farnsworth be better
than last season, when he fought through rough patches, including three
straight blown saves from May 30-June 2.
"We found out he was more effective if we didn't push the envelope as
much as I felt we were forced to do," Joe Torre said. "We repeated
him probably more so than we probably should have. In order to know
that, you've got to do it, but it helps our decision-making when you
saw what you saw last year.
"I think he'll be more effective if we can get him into a routine
where we're not going to overuse him."
Farnsworth had a 5.11 ERA in the 14 times he was used a second straight
day and blew both his save chances in those situations.
Farnsworth, who is entering the second year of a three-year,
$17 million contract, spent much of the winter resting his back,
one of the main reasons he needed rest between outings last year.
"They told me the best thing for it, besides surgery, was just to
relax and let it heal itself," he said. "Basically that's what I tried
to do. If you can still move around, pitch with no pain, there's no
reason to get surgery. If you can't walk, that's one thing. It's not
to the point where I can't do anything, knock on wood."
To relax, Farnsworth did a lot of hunting, his favorite hobby.
He often reads hunting magazines in the clubhouse and owns a
2,200-acre hunting lodge in Georgia. He took hunting trips to
family property in Missouri and went bowhunting in
Southern Illinois, too.
Relaxing helped his back and, according to Torre, Farnsworth seems
more relaxed in his second year as a Yankee.
"When you change teams, you're really unsure of what to expect," Torre
said. "And when that team is the Yankees, it magnifies the expectations
and the curiosities. But he seems to be a little more comfortable."
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