Tim Lincecum - SF Giants.com

If Tim Lincecum wasn’t known before last year, that’s definitely not the case this year. Winning the Cy Young tends to change things. Living up here has given me a unique perspective on “the kid.” Not only did he win last year…he won when the Giants were bad…really bad. Not only did he win, he mowed people down and was the only bright spot for the team. He was so good that the local radio shows this year have commented that they haven’t seen one player get as much attention as him as Barry Bonds. He is truly the franchise and he alone with his cheap $650,000 salary this year will bring people to the ballpark.

So to answer, how good is Tim Lincecum? That Good. He’s better than any Dodgerfan thinks and Dodgerfans could only wish that he was on our team.  Even more we can only wish we have the pitching staff the Giants do this year. They’re just better and deeper, and they have a much stronger bullpen than last year. They will win more games this year.

How’s Timmy doing this spring? Ahh, not so bad. Through last week he had a 0.00 ERA. Yeah, he seems to have figured something out last year.

So the one thing that is concerning Giants fans is the softmore jinx for Tim Lincecum. There was a great article in the San Jose Mercury news on the Verducci Effect. Little did I know that Sports Illustrated’s own Tom Verducci has been watching softmore pitchers who increased their innings by more than 30 the year before and are between 21 and 25. Those pitchers typically don’t do as well the next year and are injury prone. Tim Lincecum is in that same category.  Ironically Tom Verducci did the great cover story from Sports Illustrated on Tim last year and talked about how his unique delivery may save him from injury.  The jury is still out and will be proven this year, but Giants fans still hold their breath. 

I have to admit as much as I want to see the Giants lose, I don’t want to see Tim Lincecum get injured.  He is a stud.  He is baseball at its best.  He is a young pitcher who can mow down the best.  In this world of steriods, he is the direct opposite and he’s fun to watch.  

So Dodger fans – keep you eye on this kid…and just hope he’s not pitching that night against the Dodgers.

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