Minnesota Twins Pitcher Profile: Francisco Liriano

Welcome to my new feature, "Minnesota Twins Pitcher Profile"... every Friday I'm going to profile a new pitcher from the Twins Roster. Once I'm through the pitchers I will move on to another position, but for now lets just spend Friday's talking about the guy on the mound.

Franciso Lirano
Born: 10/26/1983 in San Cristobal, Domincan Republic

Minnesota Twins: Starting Pitcher, Twins Jersey No. 47

Major League Debut: September 5, 2005 as the relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

Awards: 2006 All-Star Selection, 2X AL Rookie of the Month, AL Pitcher of the Month, All Minors-League Record for Pitcher Strikeouts in 2005 with 204 Strikeouts

Minnesota Twins Spring Training Update

The Minnesota Twins Roster is three weeks into Spring Training and eager to improve their record. As of yesterday's game against Baltimore, the Minnesota Twins Record was 5-7.

With Joe Mauer returning after sitting out 4-days with a sore right shoulder, the Twins are hopeful that this weekends games will improve the record. Check out the Minnesota Twins Schedule to see who the Twins are playing next!

GO TWINS!!

Joe Nathan injured, and Minnesota Twins Roster is in question

The Minnesota Twins were dealt a tough blow this week. All Star Joe Nathan was diagnosed with torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. Nathan found out he had bone chips in his elbow last season which were removed in the off-season. In Saturday's Spring Training Game Nathan's elbow tightened up revealing bigger problems.

No official decision has been made about Nathan's future this season, though the powers that be are hopeful that he pulls through because as they see it, Nathan is "irreplaceable".

"I'm going to do whatever I can right now,'' Nathan said in a press conference, "to give myself the best chance to go out there and help this team out. But at the same time, I'm not going let this go on too long. I know these guys have a decision to make, and they've got to prepare for the season, too."

Updates to the 2010 Minnesota Twins Roster

Welcome to the 2010 Twins Roster Orlando Hudson and Jacque Jones!

Second Baseman Orlando Hudson was signed to the Minnesota Twins roster after Jason Piridie was claimed on waivers to the New York Mets. Jacques Jones agreed to play on the Minnesota Twins roster even if that means playing some Triple A ball for the start of the season. Either way the Minnesota Twins roster is lucky to have them both!!

2010 Minnesota Twins Roster Update

The Minnesota Twins Spring Training will start a month from tomorrow and Minnesota Twins fans are eager to see exactly who will be downing MN Twins Jerseys in Florida. As of now there is still no official word on Joe Mauer after this year but in the wake of contract negotiations with Minnesota's Golden Glove Boy, it seems like no one has paid much attention to the rest of the 2010 Minnesota Twins Roster. So here is the listing of the Active Minnesota Twins Roster, as updates are made and contracts are signed I will keep you posted!


2010 Minnesota Twins Roster (Active)
30 Scott Baker
53 Nick Blackburn
-- Alex Burnett
-- Clay Condrey
28 Jesse Crain
-- Rob Delaney
52 Brian Duensing
-- Deolis Guerra
54 Matt Guerrier
47 Francisco Liriano
49 Jeff Manship
50 Jose Mijares
36 Joe Nathan
17 Pat Neshek
48 Carl Pavano
15 Glen Perkins
60 Jon Rauch
59 Kevin Slowey
51 Anthony Swarzak
-- Loek Van Mil
71 Drew Butera
7 Joe Mauer
58 Jose Morales
76 Wilson Ramos
25 Alexi Casilla
-- Estarlin De Los Santos
-- J.J. Hardy
23 Brendan Harris
57 Luke Hughes
33 Justin Morneau
1 Trevor Plouffe
8 Nick Punto
20 Matt Tolbert
-- Danny Valencia
5 Michael Cuddyer
11 Jason Pridie
2 Denard Span
21 Delmon Young
16 Jason Kubel