Francisco Liriano gave up two hits and walked one in 1.2 innings on Friday during his spring training debut.

He threw 40 pitches, 25 for strikes.

According to a scout on hand at the game. Liriano’s fastball was clocked at 88-89-90 mph in the first inning. He hit 91 four times in the second inning. A pitcher’s velocity normally starts out down a few miles an hour but picks up during spring training. Joe Nathan, in his first spring with the Twins, was at 88-89 in early March.

The scout felt Liriano had a nice change up but his slider wasn’t very good. That’s not surprising. The breaking pitch is the hardest to get back after such a surgery.

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