This week, we discussed a guy who pitched pretty well for 2.5 seasons with a torn elbow ligament…then missed 2 years and came back. John Farrell had a distinguished coaching and managing career with the Boston Red Sox, winning two rings!
In 1987, John had a 6-12 record with 5.83 ERA at AAA, but still was called up to Cleveland. In 10 games, he went 5-1 with a 3.39 ERA. In his last start he felt a twinge in his elbow...the next 2.5 seasons he pitched 500 innings and was pretty good. That small twinge in his elbow turned out to be a torn ligament. Pitching with a torn ligament from 1988-90, he went 27-29 with a 4.00 ERA in 515 innings.
After surgery he missed 2 full years and made it back to MLB, but not at the same level. He went on to be Boston's pitching coach (winning a ring in 2007), then managed Toronto for 2 seasons. Toronto traded John back to Boston (in exchange for Mike Aviles) where he won another ring in 2013 as manager!
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