Impact 2nd Year Players

[Philly Pride]

What do you guys think of Paul Maholm? He looks decent, but a big Cain-ish with the walk issues...I project him at something like

11 W, 3.82 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 134 K,

[Surfs up]

Unless the Twins get some offense it will be tough for any Twins pitcher to win 10-12 games. If they do chances are they will be 2-1 3-2 type games.I don't see Baker staying up the full year .Liriano will also having growing pains. Although I think they both have good futures.

[giants8307]

I was holding out on posting this, but I thought it was a little selfish not to mention him:

Ben Johnson

The guy the pads took over pujols? Is he starting next year?

[davidmarver]

I was holding out on posting this, but I thought it was a little selfish not to mention him:

Ben Johnson

The guy the pads took over pujols? Is he starting next year?

He got called up at the end of last season and looked pretty good...he'll have a job this next season.

[Half Massed]

Baker - has most experience out of the 4 .. i think he can easily match what Danny Haren and Joe Blanton did this year.. but with more k's ..

Haren was not a rookie last year, so I wouldn't expect any of these pitchers to put numbers similar to his.

I'd be surprised to see any of these pitchers with a sub-4 ERA. I think they'll all be around 4.00, but I don't see them really staying beneath it. I'm seeing something like:

Cain: 10 W, 4.12 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 155 k
Liriano: 8 W, 4.30 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 130 k
Baker: I don't know how much he'll be up in the majors.