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Joe Christensen, the Star Tribune's national baseball reporter, has covered the big leagues since 1998. A Faribault native, he graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1996. Before working for the Star Tribune, he spent three years covering the Orioles for the Baltimore Sun. He also covered the Padres and Dodgers for newspapers in Southern California. He'll share his thoughts here on the Twins and all things baseball.
Liriano's pitching tonight in the Dominican Republic
Posted by: Joe Christensen under Twins pitching Updated: January 4, 2012 - 2:50 PM
Francisco Liriano is taking part in winter ball, after all.
The Twins lefthander is scheduled to throw two innings tonight for Escogido in a game at Licey, in the Dominican winter league. Here's a link to the scoreboard page.
Liriano also pitched for Escogido in 2010 but he did not pitch winter ball last year.
Liriano, 28, went 14-10 with a 3.62 ERA in 2010 but developed stiffness in his left shoulder right before spring training last year and went 9-10 with a 5.09 ERA for the Twins. All season, Liriano regretted not being able to pitch winter ball, insisting that was the best way to get himself ready for the major league season.
Last month, Twins GM Terry Ryan said he didn't expect Liriano to pitch winter ball because the Twins wanted to restrict his innings load. Under the new agreement, Liriano will not pitch more than 20 innings for the rest of the Dominican season.
"He’ll probably go three [innings] the next outing," Ryan said. "He knows that we don’t want him to go more than 20, and their season’s coming to an end here. We're trying to get him ready for spring training."
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