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MLB Trade Deadline: Evaluating the Francisco Liriano to Chicago White Sox Trade

0 Votes 0   Submitted By Carrie   At 28 years old, Francisco Liriano is statistically having the second-worst season of his young career.He owns a 3-10 record with a 5.31 ERA and 1.440 WHIP through his first 22 games and 17 starts of the season. To say that the White Sox are rolling the dice might be an understatement.With 59 earned runs already surrendered, he is on pace to equal his career-worst 88 earned runs in 2009. However, what the former All-Star does have going for him is a high K/9 ratio of 9.8.In and of itself, that c
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