Liriano holds a 3-9 record with a 4.81 ERA in 16 starts and 21 appearances this season with the Minnesota Twins. He has struck out 107, walked 54 and given up 9 home runs in 97 1/3 innings pitched.
While Brown suggests Liriano as a replacement for Stephen Strasburg after he reaches his maximum number of innings for the season, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports said on July 16 that the Mets were interested in the lefty. Heyman mentioned in his post that Liriano could serve as either a starter or as a reliever.
Michael Baron: Liriano is an interesting pitcher. He is a hard throwing lefty who, while he strikes out a lot of batters, walks a lot of batters as well. He is primarily a fastball/slider pitcher who will mix an occasional change-up in to keep the hitter honest. He eats up left-handed hitters ' he has held them to a .145 average this season.
He put together a phenomenal season in 2006, but has battled arm injury and consistency problems since. It's hard to deny Liriano can be electric, but he can also be equally as frustrating thanks to a high number of walks. In a way, he is kind of like Oliver Perez in that there is so much potential, yet he has yet to harness it and become that top-of-the-rotation pitcher he was expected to become. This season, he has only thrown his fastball about 49 percent of the time for strikes, and so his command could use some improvement. With that said, a change of scenery, and I wonder how he might respond to working with Johan Santana again. At the very least, Liriano is a body who would keep Matt Harvey developing in the minor leagues, and that might not be the worst thing in the world right now. At most, he can be electrifying and solidify a rotation with a sudden hole in it.
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