Email a copy of 'Make Or Break Year: Francisco Liriano' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Make Or Break Year: Francisco Liriano' to a friend
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WonderboyRooney10
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johnsilver
Mega talented and really wish he could get it together, stay health and remain with the Twins. This is one of the most talented pitchers in the game.. When healthy.. Sound like someone from the NL.. Like Josh Johnson??
WonderboyRooney10
Sort of. Johnson is unhittable when healthy. But staying healthy is the main problem. Liriano has had injury trouble in the past but is also extremely inconsistent. He could be lights out one night and a walk machine the next.
jill
He needs to get away from the Twins! He has never been comfortable with their pitch to contact ways. There has been a long standing lack of communication and if an organization values you, they find ways to make sure that doesn’t happen. The Twins only interest in Liriano is using him until they can’t anymore. Then he goes to the discard pile.
Liriano should take a one year make good deal with any team but the Twins.
Twinkilling61
I bet he gets an Edwin Jackson kind of contract. Either short-term on a good team or long-term on a bad one.
Wes Whitenack
He’s needs to get in touch with a good pitching coach to help him fix his control problem, then he be much better off for himself.
nick1538
Although the “Twins way” has to be part of the reason for Liriano’s decline, the other factor seems to be his fear of re-injuring himself. His fastball dropped from 94 to 91 after TJ surgery and he stopped favoring his nasty slider (used it 36% of the time pre-surgery, ~26% post-surgery). The slider made him dominant, but he was afraid to throw it with as much frequency without hurting himself (he favored it again in 2010 at 33%). That was also part of the change in mechanics.
MauerPower
I’m glad Liriano won’t be with the Twins after this season, i’m sick of his inconsistency. Thanks for the no-hitter, though.
Tko11
I remember back when the Twins traded Santana to the Mets, Liriano looked like he would step into Santana’s footsteps and be a legit ace. Too bad injuries ruined him.