It has taken a while to sink in. We thought maybe he would change his mind, or suddenly get better. Francisco Liriano has indeed elected to have Tommy John elbow surgery and will miss the entire 2007 season.
This decision comes after months of no progress during rehabilitation, which was obviously frustrating for Liriano. Even the last exam performed by specialist Lewis Yocum, (who will do the surgery, being assisted by Twins team physician John Steubs) showed nothing new.
This decision comes after months of no progress during rehabilitation, which was obviously frustrating for Liriano. Even the last exam performed by specialist Lewis Yocum, (who will do the surgery, being assisted by Twins team physician John Steubs) showed nothing new.
"There wasn't any guarantee that he was going to be able to perform," Terry Ryan said of Liriano. "Today's decision just means we have finality here. We need to move forward. We know we're not going to have him and we need to find some other people, whether it's through outside resources or from within the organization, to pick up the innings that we're losing with him."
2 comments:
Best of luck to ya, Liriano.
Hopefully he'll come back 110%.
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