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Francisco Liriano - Minnesota Twins
POS: P
BATS: L   THROWS: L
AGE, DOB: 26, 10/26/1983
On 40 Man Roster: yes
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Liriano may have been the biggest disappointment in fantasy baseball last season and his role with the Twins in 2010 is uncertain. It looked like Liriano was back to his pre-Tommy John surgery form en...Click Here to Subscribe For Fantasy Baseball Outlooks on All Players!

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MIN  1/29/2010
Liriano struck out 10 batters with no walks over five scoreless innings in the Dominican Winter League championship series on Thursday. He had a 1.20 ERA with a 13:4 K:BB ratio in 15 innings in three starts in postseason play. Liriano may have been the biggest d...Join Now for Full Analysis!

Year Age* Lg Tm G GS SH IP H ER HR BB K G/F W L S ERA WHIP
2004 20 A For 21 21 0 117.0 118 52 6 43 125 - 6 7 0 4.00 1.376
2004 20 A For 22 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 .00 .000
2004 20 AA NEW 7 7 0 39.7 45 14 4 17 49 - 3 2 0 3.18 1.563
2005 21 AA NEW 14 14 0 78.7 73 33 6 28 94 - 3 6 0 3.78 1.284
2005 21 AAA ROC 14 14 0 91.0 56 18 4 24 112 - 9 2 0 1.78 .879
2005 21 MAJ MIN 6 4 0 23.7 19 15 4 7 33 - 1 2 0 5.70 1.099
2006 22 AAA ROC 1 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 4 - 0 0 0 .00 .333
2006 22 MAJ MIN 28 16 0 121.0 89 29 9 32 144 2.01 12 3 1 2.16 1.000
2008 24 A For 1 1 0 5.1 6 4 0 2 8 - 0 1 0 6.75 1.569
2008 24 AAA ROC 19 19 0 118.0 102 43 8 31 113 - 10 2 0 3.28 1.127
2008 24 MAJ MIN 14 14 0 76.0 74 33 7 32 67 0.87 6 4 0 3.91 1.395
2009 25 MAJ MIN 29 24 0 136.7 147 88 21 65 122 0.93 5 13 0 5.80 1.551
3Yr Avg MAJ   21 19 0 106.3 110 60 14 48 94 - 5 8 0 5.08 1.486
Career MAJ   77 58 0 357.3 329 165 41 136 366 - 24 22 1 4.16 1.301
Year Age* Lg Tm G GS IP H BABIP HR HR/9IP BB B/9IP K K/9IP K/BB G/F STR ERA FIP
2004 20 A For 21 21 117.0 118 .353 6 .46 43 3.31 125 9.62 2.91 - .703 4.00 2.83
2004 20 A For 22 0 .0 0 .000 0 .00 0 .00 0 .00 .00 - .000 .00 .00
2004 20 AA NEW 7 7 39.7 45 .395 4 .91 17 3.86 49 11.12 2.88 - .828 3.18 3.48
2005 21 AA NEW 14 14 78.7 73 .344 6 .69 28 3.20 94 10.75 3.36 - .716 3.78 2.95
2005 21 AAA ROC 14 14 91.0 56 .264 4 .40 24 2.37 112 11.08 4.67 - .816 1.78 2.10
2005 21 MAJ MIN 6 4 23.7 19 .308 4 1.52 7 2.66 33 12.55 4.71 - .500 5.70 3.53
2006 22 AAA ROC 1 1 3.0 0 .000 0 .00 1 3.00 4 12.00 4.00 - 1.000 .00 2.53
2006 22 MAJ MIN 28 16 121.0 89 .289 9 .67 32 2.38 144 10.71 4.50 2.01 .821 2.16 2.61
2008 24 A For 1 1 5.1 6 .485 0 .00 2 3.53 8 14.12 4.00 - .500 6.75 1.24
2008 24 AAA ROC 19 19 118.0 102 .300 8 .61 31 2.36 113 8.62 3.65 - .720 3.28 3.03
2008 24 MAJ MIN 14 14 76.0 74 .313 7 .83 32 3.79 67 7.93 2.09 0.87 .737 3.91 3.94
2009 25 MAJ MIN 29 24 136.7 147 .324 21 1.38 65 4.28 122 8.03 1.88 0.93 .649 5.80 4.89
3Yr Avg MAJ   21 19 106.3 110 .318 14 1.18 48 4.06 94 7.96 1.96 - .681 5.08 4.50
Career MAJ   77 58 357.3 329 .310 41 1.03 136 3.43 366 9.22 2.69 - .708 4.16 3.82
*age as of 7/1 of that season  Expanded Stats Explained  Sortable Expanded Stats

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MIN  1/21/2010
Liriano's one-year, $1.6 million contract, which avoided arbitration, includes incentives he can earn as either a starter or reliever, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. He'll receive $25,000 payments for ...Join Now for Full Analysis!
  1/5/2010
Liriano has a 1.54 ERA and 17:2 K:BB ratio in 11.2 innings while pitching for Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League. "I just got a report that he's throwing the living fire out of the ball down in the Dominican," Twins manager Ron Garndenhire told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "He threw eight innings the other day, and his fastball was 92 to 94 (mph) and his slider was filthy. That's a really good thing, because he can be the bonus if we can get him on track." Liriano may have been the biggest d...Join Now for Full Analysis!

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