There might be something to this logic for sure. In my playing days of college baseball, we had a sophomore pitcher for us who could hit upper 90's, big, tall, strong kid. In a fall scrimmage inter squad game fastball got away from him and his pitch broke a teammates jaw and nose. The pitcher no matter how many times he tried, had a tough time throwing fastball strikes and was relegated to the bullpen. The hitter in the spring who ironically was our starting 2nd baseman, never hit above .150. Both of the careers kind of went south as Juniors, especially the pitcher.
It was tough for both them and maybe just maybe, Farmer can work through it.