Garza watch

Francisco Liriano has been the Twins' most ridiculous pitcher since he joined the starting rotation sometime in late May. But he's done something to his forearm, which caused him to skip his last start and get pulled from his start today after only 4 innings. This is bad news, because he's been as close to unhittable as you get in the majors. However, this may help to clarify the situation of the Twins' other most unhittable pitcher this year, Matt Garza. Garza was taken in the first round of the draft last year, meaning he's spent about 14 months or so in the Twins' minor leagues. After tearing through the three levels of the farm system as if they were a sub-par little league, Terry Ryan (the Twins' GM) is running out of reasons not to put Garza into the Twins' starting rotation.

My prediction: if Liriano goes on the DL (meaning a roster spot is freed up) or Mike Smith bombs his second shot as the 5th starter in the rotation, Garza will be in the majors and hopefully treating it like just another level of the minors.