Francisco Liriano threw another great game today, further making his case for an immediate call-up. If the Twins handle this situation like they handled the Gomez situation then Liriano should get called up sometime in mid-August.
One of the problems the Twins are going to face down the stretch is the inevitable regression of most of their starting pitchers who have, up till now, overachieved. You could see some early signs of it in the now wrapped up Yankees series, although it is just one series. Of course in the previous series they completely neutralized the vaunted Rangers offense, but the fact still remains that all four of these guys are having better seasons then anyone thought they would and are going to be pitching more innings then any of them have before, that usually means they will regress some in the second half.
The logical thing to do is move Livan into the pen and stick Liriano in his rotation spot. The main obstacle to this move is the fact that Twins GM Bill Smith doesn't like pitchers with low ERA's, instead he prefers pitchers who have wins.
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