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Cincinnati Reds Bring Back Buck Farmer on a One-Year Contract

The Reds bullpen appears to be solidified for the 2024 season.

Jeff Carr

Cincinnati Reds Bring Back Buck Farmer on a One-Year Contract
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The Cincinnati Reds may have just solidified their bullpen for 2024. They signed Buck Farmer on a one-year, $2.25 million contract.

Farmer was a key member of the bullpen last season, appearing in 71 games and pitching 75 innings.

With Farmer returning, the candidates for Cincinnati's six member bullpen are Alexis Diaz, Lucas Sims, Emilio Pagan, Gibaut, Farmer, Sam Moll, Alex Young, Tejay Antone and Fernando Cruz. If the Reds are going to add another starting pitcher, Nick Martinez could also move to the bullpen.

Farmer had an up and down season, compiling a 3.65 ERA in the first half of the year, but a 4.99 ERA in the second half. All in all, he was an above average reliever with 1.0 bWAR for the season.

This doesn’t feel like the final move the Reds have up their sleeve this offseason, but it does help solidify the bullpen.

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Jeff Carr
JEFF CARR

Jeff has hosted the only daily podcast covering the Cincinnati Reds since 2018. He’s been a life long fan of the Reds. He was at Clinchmas and the 2015 Home Run Derby. He is also the channel manager that supports all MLB podcasts on the Locked On Podcast Network. Jeff has extensive media experience as he covered college basketball and volleyball for Tennessee State and college softball for Mercer University.