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Liriano Now vs Liriano in 2006

Hey guys, I run the website Baseball Intellect and first let me say I am not a Twins fan, but I think readers would be interested in this piece on Francisco Liriano.  There have been many articles that have analyzed the stuff Liriano displayed on Sunday, but I want to show you the changes in his mechanics using some video from Sunday and video of him in 2006.

The link to the full article is below:

http://www.baseball-intellect.com/Articles/francisco-liriano-injury.html

But I want to explain a couple things...there is a clear difference in his mechanics, especially his arm action.  Given that he has made just one major league start since returning from surgery, we won't know the full effect of his mechanical changes until probably some time next year.

But the Twins definitely went the "safer" route.  And so I ask readers what I ask myself in that article...if you had a choice between Liriano with safer mechanics (but lets say he becomes a normal #3 starter) or a Liriano as his Cy Young caliber self but with his riskier, more aggressive mechanics, which version do you choose?