Bad news for Minnesota Twins’ fans. Rookie pitcher Francisco Liriano has elected to have Tommy John elbow surgery and may miss all of the 2007 baseball season.
No one had heard of Liriano until the 2006 season when he went 12-3 and a 2.16 ERA. He quickly became one of the league's most dominant pitchers. He also is one of the players credited for leading the Twins’ to the best record in baseball since the beginning of June and to an AL Central Division title, beating out the Detroit Tigers on the last day of the regular season. Liriano spent some time on the DL in August to rest a sore elbow, but when therapy and rehab did not seem to work and the pain persisted, he sought a second opinion.
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