No not a credit card.
According to ESPN, Fransisco Liriano picked up his visa today, February 25th 2008. Liriano finally getting to Spring Training in Ft. Myers is very good for the Twins, because as far as I know, he is the only player yet to report. The Twins will now be able to evaluate all of their pitchers, and decide who will be in the rotation on opening day. Liriano should arrive at camp sometime on Tuesday.
Interestingly, ESPN decided to dub Liriano the Twins’ Staff Ace. Clearly, this would be true if he had never been injured, missed a year, and had continued to pitch like he did for most of his rookie year. But he was injured, and as of now Liriano might start the season at the Twins AAA Rochester club or even in the bullpen. To call Liriano the Twins’ “Ace” seems to be jumping the gun. Hopefully, when he gets to Spring Training, he’ll show no signs of ever being injured or missing time. WHEN that happens then he should be called the “Ace”.
You can find the ESPN Article: Here.
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