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I was hoping for a full Detect-o-scan.
I've been focusing more on ISO-against as a stat to measure "blonks off the handle, or pool-cue shots off the end of the bat" as you put it.
There are guys who will not rack up huge K totals but will keep the ISO-against well under 100.
Rivera is at .081 for his 5000+ batters faced, but the only time he went over 10 K/9 was in 1996.
It's how I got initially fixated on Dominic Leone, who's now being touted by one Jack Zduriencik as well (.073 ISO-against in his first 96.0 IP). 
But Taijuan is the type who has the potential to do both, and, as you mention, Farquhar as well (13.7 K/9; 0.89 ISO-against in Seattle).
There are two more bubbling up the system:
--- Luiz Gohara: 11.2 K/9; 0.46 ISO-against (only 21.2 IP, but he's just 16)
--- Carson Smith: 11.9 K/9: 0.68 ISO-against in 111.0 IP, despite getting off to a horrible start in High Desert in 2012
If you're looking for next year's Farquhar, take a look at Smith.