Originally Posted by
Teflon
Reasons to be optimistic about Liriano on the mound today:
1.) He will be fresh. In his three starts he's only thrown 74, 91 and 76 pitches.
2.) Only two of the 22 hits he's surrendered have been homeruns.
3.) His mound opponent, Jeff Niemann, is also 0-2 and has also failed to pitch past the 5th inning yet.
4.) Francisco has gotten over 5 runs per game of run support from the Twins this year compared to only 3.8 last season.
Outlook: A modest bounce-back game from him today.