| Alan Farina | |
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 36 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: August 9, 1986 Winter Park, Florida |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
Alan Robert Farina (born August 9, 1986 in Winter Park, Florida, USA) is a minor league baseball relief pitcher currently on the Toronto Blue Jays active roster.
Prior to playing professionally, Farina attended Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida where he lettered three times and posted an 11-2 record with a 0.52 ERA in his senior year. Began his collegiate career at Daytona Beach Community College and was named first-team all-state and conference Pitcher of the Year in 2006 ... named No. 2 prospect in the Florida Collegiate League and No. 9 Florida Junior College prospect by Perfect Game after posting a 9-2 record. Then he moved on to play for Clemson University. He went 6-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 25 games with Clemson in 2007, and was drafted by the Blue Jays in the third round of that year's draft.
He began his minor league career with the Auburn Doubledays in 2007, going 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA in six games (three starts), striking out 14 batters in 11 innings. With the Lansing Lugnuts in 2008, Farina went 3-1 with a 3.07 ERA in 15 relief appearances, striking out 37 batters in 29 1/3 innings. In 2009, he pitched for the Dunedin Blue Jays, going 1-3 with a 6.51 ERA in 27 games (two starts). He split 2010 between the Dunedin Blue Jays and New Hampshire Fisher Cats, going a combined 3-1 with a 1.29 ERA in 49 appearances. He had 74 strikeouts in 55 2/3 innings.[1] His 1.29 ERA was the lowest of any Blue Jays Minor Leaguer (minimum 30 innings) in 2010.[2]
In a recent interview with new Blue Jays bullpen coach Pat Hentgen, he said that Farina has a really good arm, and a “pretty darn good tight slider”. Farina could get even nastier if he further develops his off-speed pitches.[3]