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Graves throws four scoreless innings for Rochester

Last update: May 13, 2008 - 7:46 AM

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Glad to see

We have to look at Liriano as a prospect again to be fair to him and to the organization. It's easy to remember him over shadowing Santana … read more for a while in 2006, but we have to remember it was literally a flash in the pan for his career. I hope, and in fact believe he will be a strong pitcher again for us, but he has to go through all the steps again. When he begins dominating at AAA then we can consider bringing him up, but not before then. I was excited to see the other coach saying he looked good, because until now it's been the Twins Org putting a sugar coating on it, and the other teams saying he is average at best. I'm excited to see his stats from next start! Keep it up Frankie!

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