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Duensing ranked #7 on Buster Olney's list of 2011 breakout candidates

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(espn insider access required to read full article) ..."He demonstrated once and for all last year that he's got the stuff to be a successful starter in the big leagues, and it's probably a pretty good assumption that the Twins' willingness to move Francisco Liriano is related, at least to a degree, to Duensing's development as a pitcher." Two comments: 1. It will be frustrating if he gets bumped to the pen by Slowey and Blackburn again. 2. I still don't see why the reluctance of the Twins to guarantee additional years to a player coming off a major injury means that they are shopping him around.