Francisco Liriano since mid 2010 has an ERA 0f 5.23 (sixth highest in all of baseball of regular starters) and has walked 12.6% of batters faced (second most in baseball.)
Oddly, Twins officials have been talking to Liriano's agents. Even Scott Baker with a BAD ARM needing Tommy John surgery had better stats during that time and the Twins didn't think he was worth a $5 million a year risk now that he has a brand new arm!
Carl Pavano is also a free-agent who has supposedly recovered from his arm problems (many of which were CAUSED by the Twins and their inept training staff) and the Twins have said they will talk to his representatives as well.
Of the three choices the Twins had, Baker would have been the best choice. Pavano with a good arm would be a moderate risk. I hope we're not seriously considering bringing Frankie back. IF we want a wild hard-throwing pitcher, let's give Sam Deduno another chance. He had more good games last season than Frankie's had. WAY more.
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