Pitchers Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves and Francisco Liriano of the Minnesota Twins have been the voted the comeback players of the year. Hudson had elbow ligament-replacement surgery in 2008 and was limited to just seven starts the following season. But the right-hander went 17-9 with a 2.83 ERA this year to win the NL award and help Atlanta reach the postseason. Liriano had a career-high 14 wins for Minnesota this season and will start Game 1 of the AL playoffs against the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. The 26-year-old lefty missed the entire 2007 season following elbow-ligament replacement surgery and was limited by injuries each of the previous two years. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5652008
