Liriano's Return

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Last week, after Francisco Liriano made an unimpressive start for Class-AAA Rochester, I guessed that "the underwhelming outing ... likely eliminates any chance that he will be starting for the Twins this weekend, and that's not necessarily a bad thing." Clearly I was wrong, as the Twins decided to call up Liriano to start yesterday in place of Kevin Slowey, who was placed on the disabled ... [link]

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Let me slide down the Bannister and warm it up
Published 4/14/2008 by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... Lights Out Liriano (best nickname in MLB?) and the Minnesota Twins were no match for the Kansas City Royals and their powder blue uniforms. Of course it didn't hurt that Brian Bannister went to 3-0 and moving his ERA down under 1.00, but who am I to speculate. By all accounts, ...

Monday Morning Manager: The Liriano Edition
Published 4/14/2008 by Than Tibbetts at The Bleacher Bums
| Main Posted at 10:43 AM on April 14, 2008 by Than Tibbetts ( 1 Comments ) 20080414_liriano.jpg Sunday: the Second Coming. Francisco Liriano returned to pitch 4 2/3 innings, surrendering four runs with five walks. While his final line was far from his rookie brilliance, consensus around the Twins sphere o' blogs seems to boil down to these three points. At least he didn't leave the mound in pain. I miss the slider . Let's see what he's throwing three starts from now. A dozen ...

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Francisco Liriano took the mound for the Minnesota Twins last night for the first time since his early exit on Sept. 13, 2006. On that day, in a game against Oakland, Liriano left in the third inning with pain in his throwing (left) elbow. It was his first appearance since being sidelined on August 7 with a sore arm. The ultimate diagnosis was a damaged ulnar collateral ligament...
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