Key Stats: The other day I was discussing with Matthew McMillen - my tag team partner in profiling the top 162 - about who was going to do what article. He told me that in good conscience he couldn't do the Francisco Liriano article because he believed I was overrating him. Significantly overrating him. He's not alone. Tristan Cockcroft doesn't have him among the top 75 pitchers and RotoChamp doesn't think he's worthy of a top 300 pick - let alone a top 150 pick. As Will Smith's character in The Pursuit of Happyness said when asked what he would do if a man with no shirt was hired, "He must have had on some really nice pants." Smith's character Christopher Gardner ultimately got hired and became a millionaire. Before you hammer me and claim that I didn't watch baseball in 2011 if Liriano is ranked this high, hear me out.There was a lot of bad that came to Liriano in 2011, but he did have the lowest line drive rate of his career by almost 3%....
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