Francisco Liriano

Latest Updates

Twins Talking Points: Perkins, Liriano, CTTP Team Preview

When the bullpen collapsed last year, it was largely due to the fact that Matt Guerrier, Jon Rauch, and Jesse Crain departed when the Twins did not want to spend $3 to $4 million per year over multiple…Read More

Introducing the Ferocious Five

The fate of the 2012 Twins rests on the shoulders of five players. They are the five most talented players on the team, and all five have demonstrated the ability to carry the offense or the pitching staff…Read More

Thursday Links – Position Players Report

Position players are reporting today, at least the last two that have not yet made an appearance, anyways.  Twins fans should get their first spring glimpse of Justin Morneau and Oswaldo Arcia.  When…Read More

2012 Projections – Francisco Liriano

A lot of Twins fans will tell you that in 2010 Francisco Liriano set the MLB world on fire.  He pitched 191.2 innings, struck out 201 batters, and matched the lowest BB/9 rate of his career at 2.7.  The…Read More

How About the Rotation?

Are you wondering what the 2012 Twins pitching rotation is going to look like? Yesterday Puckett’s Pond took a look at the 2012 lineup. Fair is fair, so now it’s time to talk about the rotation. I…Read More

And more..

2012 Projections – Scott Baker

  Scott Baker‘s first name is actually Timothy.  File that one under “Things I did…Read More

Upcoming Milestones for the Twins

If you like baseball, there’s a good chance you like numbers, too. More than any other professional…Read More

Thursday Links

The big news from the past week was Prince Fielder signing with the Detroit Tigers (Also, this video…Read More

As Liriano Goes, So Go the Twins.

Francisco Liriano made his second start for Los Leones de Escogido in the Dominican Winter League. Liriano…Read More

Thursday Links

It’s true, this offseason still is not over.  Cold weather and snow is finally settling in over…Read More

12 Twins Predictions for 2012

Happy New Year! Are you wondering what’s going to happen to the Twins in 2012? Wonder no more, because…Read More

Looking Forward to Spring Training

Hard to believe that there are still 48 long winter days until Twins pitchers and catchers report to…Read More

Twins Starting Rotation: Wait ’til Next Year.

I’ve been mostly unimpressed with the pitching moves the Twins have made so far this offseason. But…Read More

Twins sign Jason Marquis

According to FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal the Twins have reached an agreement with free agent RHP…Read More

Negative Nancy (Part 2)

I’ve been trying to be more positive about the 2012 Twins.  It is not always easy, especially…Read More

Negative Nancy

Apparently this baseball blogger has been pretty negative on Twitter lately, as Adam Krueger of The…Read More

Links Links and More Links

Before I start with the links, I would like to take a moment and say thank you to all of my fellow service…Read More

Twins Rebuild in Progress?

Amid the excitement caused by Terry Ryan’s return, it was easy to overlook one potentially alarming…Read More

Why do the Pitchers Keep Getting Injured?

    When the Twins traded mega-ace Johan Santana after the 2007 season, they had good reason…Read More

2011: A Season in Numbers

     2011 is a dead horse by now, but I’m not done kicking it. I’ve already written…Read More