LAKELAND, Fla. -- Francisco Liriano repeated the mantra at least five times in a five-minute interview after his Detroit Tigers debut on Tuesday afternoon.
Three pitches or less. Three pitches or less. Make something happen in three pitches or less.
It's an ambitious goal for a pitcher who has traditionally walked and struck out a lot of batters -- two outcomes that usually require pitching deeper into a count.
But Liriano, who signed with the Tigers 11 days ago, said he'd be willing to sacrifice some strikeouts to walk fewer batters.
"To be honest, yeah.