Frank is back!!

[OLY]

Hope I dont jinx the guy but he sure does look awesome. I hate to say he looks as good as he did in 06 but it is getting to look like that may be the case. His slider is filthy and his fast ball is climbing back into the 93-94 range. Hope he can keep it up all year. Go Twins, and go Liriano!!

[zepman]

[zamboni]

I said in a post from the preseason I'd have to see it to believe it, but he is looking great.

[SledNeck]

I just had flashbacks.

[grousehunter]

Fastball was at 96 tonight. He is definitly looking good so far!

[Harmonica Bear]

+1

[PierBridge]

Actually he looks better than 06...so far!

Guess we don't have to move him to the Bull-pen after all eh?

[solbes]

I don't think there is a bigger story this year for the Twins than this. He was a blast to watch in '06 as he bewildered hitters, and he's been doing the same this year. He's really solified the rotation this year.

Remember our #5 spot last year? I felt like they were going to call up guys straight from class A ball next.

[hcmpls1]

Liriano. 23 consecutive innings with no runs. 24Ks. 3 wins. Wait, didnt Grienke start last year's first 24 innings with a 0.00 ERA. What did he win last year? I'm just saying.

[OnAFly]

This is so great to see considering his troubles since '06. Welcome back Franky!!! Watching the look on peoples faces after swinging through that slider is priceless!

[Fish Head]

Cy Young is a definite possibility the way he’s started.

[toughguy]

A fun year is looking even more fun now. Always good to have a dominate ace on the mound. GO TWINKIES!!

[Jim Uran]

That boy can pitch... flat out. Glad to see he has some confidence, and his location is MONEY!!! I hope he keeps it up.

[JBMasterAngler]

How long do we have him for? Because if he stays consistent we have 0% chance of keeping him, meaning we need to trade him to get some goods in return before he leaves.

[zamboni]

How long do we have him for? Because if he stays consistent we have 0% chance of keeping him, meaning we need to trade him to get some goods in return before he leaves.

Gomez and Casilla type trade? Woohooo!!!!

[JBMasterAngler]

Without getting gomez we wouldn't have been able to get hardy Sometimes it may take a few years for a trade to pan out.

[RumRiverRat]

Lets not get our hopes up.

[OnAFly]

Maybe our chances of keeping him are better now that we are willing to throw cash around a little more.

[JBMasterAngler]

He won't get offered sabathia money, but it'll still be more than the twins are willing to pay.

[mr_jman]

Scoreless streak ended right away in the 1st, but he settled down and still pitched 7 solid innings. Thats really about 4 good starts in a row!

[dfv87]

To me this was as good a start for Frankie as he has had...

He pitched 7 innings when we needed a starter to go deep. He didn't panic when the 1st inning went poorly and HE told Ramos to call more fast balls. He seemed to be a real "ace" in that he wanted to stay in the game when the pitch count mounted and he said just let me take care of them. To me that was the real nice thing to see. If he can get the mental part down... the physical skills are there.

A good pitcher wins when he has good stuff and this is most of the time. A great pitcher wins even when he has mediocore stuff. Now I am not ready to call frankie "great" but that was how the great ones do it. It was nice ot see none the less.

[B. Amish]

Liriano was named AL pitcher of the month.

[pikestabber]

Liriano. 23 consecutive innings with no runs. 24Ks. 3 wins. Wait, didn't Grienke start last year's first 24 innings with a 0.00 ERA. What did he win last year? I'm just saying.

And the Twins, unlike the Royals, can actually offer some run support so his win total should climb higher than Greinke's if he stays on this tear.

Most impressive to me is not the three shutout games, but rather how he responded to getting beat up in the first inning of his last start. THAT is what a great pitcher does...don't panic, just settle down and go deep into the game, trusting your stuff and staying aggressive with the fastball--last year when he got in trouble, he would have panicked and thrown 60 consecutive sliders for 8 ERs and ten BBs over three innings and been out the door. This positive outcome simply never would have happened last year. To me, this last start truly made Liriano relevant again.

[mrklean]

lets hope he keeps this up the rest of the year we have been waiting how many years for him to come back and now hes BACK!!!!

[JBMasterAngler]

Looks like the liriano we've grown accustomed to seeing the last couple years has made his return Not good getting lit up by the worst team in the majors.