This just in, Tim Lincecum is really good.
One of Baseball America’s most heralded prospects coming into the season has just started to show his stuff in his past five starts and more importantly, show some consistency.
He dismantled the powerful Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday with an 8-0 shutout performance to push his record to 5-2. Lincecum has been fantastic for the Giants, giving them a chance to win every time he has pitched recently.
On June 19th, Lincecum’s ERA was an unpleasant and disappointing 5.88. The Giants are glad they didn’t send him back down to Triple-A. Since that time, Lincecum has steadily lowered his ERA with each start, posting a remarkable 1.05 ERA over the five starts and have come since.
His ERA is now at a respectable 3.96 level and he is developing into the Giants ace of the future and the bedrock of a brilliant pitching staff along with Matt Cain and Noah Lowry. Another impressive stat line has been his strikeout to walk ratio. Over his five start coming out party, Lincecum has k’d 41 opposing batters and only walked 13 in his 34.1 innings. That is very impressive for a rookie pitcher.
With Ryan Braun and Hunter Pence battling for the NL Rookie of the Year award thus far, Tim Lincecum is giving notice that he should be in the discussion as well. With another month or two like he has just had, it would be hard not to include him in the debate.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Game of the Day
Well tomorrow should be a dandy. There are five different pitching match-ups that truly intrigue me enough to sit down and watch. Balancing family obligations and two jobs, I'm hoping I can check out two. It may be a late night tomorrow but here's hoping, and thank you mlb.tv.
GAME OF THE DAY
San Diego (Justin Germano) vs. San Francisco (Tim Lincecum)
Two of the brightest young stars out west go head to head in this showdown of NL West rivals. San Diego's got the edge as Lincecum has been struggling and simply put, San Francisco isn't very good.
The Padres have just come off a series loss to the Red Sox though , but they still hold the edge as Germano has been solid thus far in 07. Germano's rocking a 2.63 ERA through 48 innings and has a nice 24K/7BB ratio. Lincecum will be just fine in time but he's on the rocks right now. I'll take the Padres.
Check out the game of the day if you can but don't sleep on some other great games. Jason Bergmann makes his return to the rotation for the Washington Nationals as they take on Tim Hudson and the Braves. Bergmann had been lighting it up early on but has missed a month with shoulder inflammation. Hudson's been having a bit of a hard time lately so this should be a decent tilt. I haven't seen the Nationals much this year so this one is a definite option.
Also, Jeff Francis of the Rockies will take on Jason Marquis of the Cubs. Both pitchers have quietly been having solid if not spectacular seasons for their respective clubs and a pitcher's duel wouldn't be a shock in this one.
One of my favorites takes the mound Monday night when Ben Sheets and the Brewers host the Astros and Jason Jennings. The Brewers are just a lot of fun to watch these days and Sheets has been hot lately.
And finally, the Toronto Blue Jays head into Minneapolis to face Kevin Slowey and the Twins. While Slowey hasn't been on par with some of the other top rookie pitchers, he also has held his own for the Twins and will look for his 3rd win against the recently mortal Roy Halladay. The Jays just swept the Rockies while the Twins have gone 9-4 in their past 13.
Lots of choices for you tomorrow, and with the end of inter-league, we're now on the final countdown towards the All-Star Break and the trading deadline. Things are just starting to get interesting. Enjoy the show.
GAME OF THE DAY
San Diego (Justin Germano) vs. San Francisco (Tim Lincecum)
Two of the brightest young stars out west go head to head in this showdown of NL West rivals. San Diego's got the edge as Lincecum has been struggling and simply put, San Francisco isn't very good.
The Padres have just come off a series loss to the Red Sox though , but they still hold the edge as Germano has been solid thus far in 07. Germano's rocking a 2.63 ERA through 48 innings and has a nice 24K/7BB ratio. Lincecum will be just fine in time but he's on the rocks right now. I'll take the Padres.
Check out the game of the day if you can but don't sleep on some other great games. Jason Bergmann makes his return to the rotation for the Washington Nationals as they take on Tim Hudson and the Braves. Bergmann had been lighting it up early on but has missed a month with shoulder inflammation. Hudson's been having a bit of a hard time lately so this should be a decent tilt. I haven't seen the Nationals much this year so this one is a definite option.
Also, Jeff Francis of the Rockies will take on Jason Marquis of the Cubs. Both pitchers have quietly been having solid if not spectacular seasons for their respective clubs and a pitcher's duel wouldn't be a shock in this one.
One of my favorites takes the mound Monday night when Ben Sheets and the Brewers host the Astros and Jason Jennings. The Brewers are just a lot of fun to watch these days and Sheets has been hot lately.
And finally, the Toronto Blue Jays head into Minneapolis to face Kevin Slowey and the Twins. While Slowey hasn't been on par with some of the other top rookie pitchers, he also has held his own for the Twins and will look for his 3rd win against the recently mortal Roy Halladay. The Jays just swept the Rockies while the Twins have gone 9-4 in their past 13.
Lots of choices for you tomorrow, and with the end of inter-league, we're now on the final countdown towards the All-Star Break and the trading deadline. Things are just starting to get interesting. Enjoy the show.
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