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Again, not necessarily. You do realize they are BARELY holding the WILD CARD, right? And IIRC, they have a handful of games remaining with the Tigers. There is/was still a chance that they don't even make the playoffs this year, even if Liriano pitched healthy for the duration.


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baseball prospectus has them in the playoffs 85% of the time, WC about 65, divison 20

thats pretty likely, they are done with the Tigers, but just won 3of4 vs them and 2 of 3 vs another very likely playoff team in Oakland

they have 3critical games left with the WhiteSox, at home that will likely determine the wildcard

*very good news, no structural damage to his elbow, so no tommy john, still shutdown for the year, hopefully next year will be a full season of him dominating

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Good to hear, that's pretty much the best possible news for any non-Twins fan. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] No Liriano in the playoffs (yay Oakland) and no Tommy John for later. That kid has a bright future if he stays healthy.