Here's the latest update I could find about Liriano. I'm interested in anymore updates from the Cafe members for his status and effectiveness for next season. I need to know if I should make some trades in order to make room for Liriano.
Francisco Liriano says "everything is perfect" as he recovers from Tommy John surgery on his elbow.
The Twins are getting a good look during this homestand at someone who could be a part of their 2008 rotation — and he's not even active.
Lefthander Francisco Liriano, recovering from Tommy John surgery in November, is in town for another checkup after spending most of the summer rehabilitating in Fort Myers, Fla.
One look at Liriano shows that he's taken his rehab seriously.
"Everything is perfect," he said. "I haven't been feeling any soreness or any pain."
Liriano is now throwing from 140 feet as he begins to rebuild his arm strength. If everything goes well, he will throw lightly from a mound on Friday so he can get used to being on the mound again.
Don't confuse that with pitching. Liriano isn't scheduled to have a real bullpen session until November.
"If everything goes the way it is going now, I think I will be ready by spring training," he said.
Liriano sat down with the Twins on Friday to map out his next several months. He will spend the entire offseason in Fort Myers and not pitch winter ball. He'll report to instructional league, which begins Sept. 18, and participate in drills with other pitchers.
If his November bullpen sessions go without a hitch, he could arrive in spring training with a chance of breaking camp with the club. There has been talk of tinkering with Liriano's mechanics, but pitching coach Rick Anderson said it might be some minor things to eliminate Liriano's violent follow-through.
"We had a meeting [and there's] no problems at all," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He feels fantastic, and we want to keep him that way."
As far as I know the Twins are planning on having him in the rotation before the All-Star break next year. His rehab has gone as well as it can so far and hopefully he doesn't have any setbacks. It would be great if he could start the year in rotation but that seams a little unreasonable considering the time it would take him to get back into it. I'd say a stint in the minors or out of the pen and then he should be back, but not quite what he was last year.
Francisco Liriano (elbow) threw 30 pitches from a mound once again Monday and is expected to be at full strength for spring training.
"I don't want to get too excited and say he's going to be our No. 2 or 3 starter," Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson said. "A lot has to happen before that comes around. I'm not really penciling him in at anything yet until we get to spring training and see how he's doing." Liriano is expected to begin throwing live batting practice in November.Oct. 2 - 9:30 am et
auclairkeithbc wrote:stay away, unless you are in a league with people that have never heard of liriano.
Agreed. I'm thinking people are going to reach for him, especially those who had him in '06 and are looking for similar results. However I'll be staying away in 2007.
"I can't drive, so im going to walk all over you." - Soda Popinsky
He won't be worth the risk in 08. Not a lot of guys come back from TJ and be full strength right away. He was considered an injury risk even before the TJ so there is no guarantee that he will be able to stay healthy for an entire year anyway.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." ~George Carlin
He is a big-time injury-risk sleeper for 2008. The hype alone will have him drafted among the top 30 starting pitchers on Draft Day, but there's extreme risk involved with doing that before seeing him pitch in Spring Training. In a perfect world, you're drafting a top 10 Fantasy ace in the middle rounds.
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by Big Game JLo » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:29 am 
