Twins place Liriano on DL

[mistergonad]

too bad, I am rooting for the kid

sucha great season for a rookie, (he's no dumb cookie to not ruin his career)

thoughts???

[TyPenn613]

He could have won the Cy Young this year based on what he was doing. When you have Johan Santana in your rotation, and he isn't necessarily your best starter, you have an incredibly rotation even if the other three guys are all named Jose Lima.

[TestSubjekt]

True dat. Best 1-2 punch in baseball IMO

It's almost not fair that the Twins have two Cy Young calibre starters that are both so young...but then you remember the contraction rumours and then news like this makes you feel good about them.

The only reason I don't mind this particular piece of news is the Jays don't have to face him now.

[TyPenn613]

I remember being crushed the day when the Twins as well as the Marlins, Expos, were seemingly going to be contracted as well as one of a handful of other teams.

[DyEaBoLiKaL]

With Liriano still out, gung-ho Garza ready for first start - Link

[TyPenn613]

It looks like things have got a little worse:

The Twins will be without rookie All-Star Francisco Liriano for what doctors deemed an indefinite amount of time as his latest MRI showed more than just muscle inflammation near his left elbow.

The enhanced MRI that Liriano underwent on Thursday afternoon revealed a mild chronic strain of the ulnar collateral ligament. The test also showed that Liriano has some rotator cuff weakness and stiffness in his left shoulder that were a significant cause in the flare-up of the pain in his elbow.

Link

[TestSubjekt]

UPDATE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano looked "as good as can be anticipated" when evaluated by team doctors on Sunday and will begin a throwing program on Tuesday.

Liriano has been on the disabled list since Aug. 11 with a mildly strained ligament in his left arm that the Twins worried would keep the 22-year-old star out for the rest of the season.

Team doctors examined Liriano again on Sunday, testing the strength in his shoulder and his range of motion.

"He looks as good as he could possibly look given the way he started out," Dr. Dan Buss said.

Liriano will start playing catch on level ground on Tuesday when the Twins arrive in Baltimore.

Buss said the Dominican's shoulder was strong and his arm was pain free, which was encouraging considering the soreness near his elbow had Liriano close to tears after his last start against Detroit on Aug. 7.

Liriano said before Sunday's game against the White Sox that he felt good and was eager to start throwing a baseball again.

Manager Ron Gardenhire and Buss refused to put a timetable on Liriano's rehab or target a date for his return to the rotation.

"If there's any sense that he is going to continue to have a problem, he'll be totally shut down," Gardenhire said before hearing the report from Buss.