Should i start tim lincecum

The Giants were last victorious in a Lincecum start on April For the umpteenth time, the Giants are insisting that their plan is to stay the course with Lincecum. He will pitch on Friday in Oakland against the A's. Staying the course or skipping his turn aren't the only two options the Giants can choose from.

Now that he's with a 6. The only question is whether moving Big Time Timmy Jim to the bullpen would be worth it in the long run. One, it would give him a chance to chill out.

He wouldn't feel the same kind of pressure to perform in the bullpen that he does in the starting rotation, so the change could help boost his confidence. The simple change of scenery could also help.

More importantly, moving Lincecum to the pen would give him a chance to cut loose and find his old stuff. Lincecum wouldn't have to worry about throwing or so pitches and giving the Giants six or seven good innings if they were to move him to the bullpen. He would only have to worry about getting three, four, maybe five outs.

To get those outs, he could, well, go all-out. Lincecum's fastball has been coming in at an average of just over 90 miles per hour this season, according to FanGraphs , but we've seen him dial it up to 93 and 94 miles per hour on occasion. He still has plenty of gas in his arm, and he knows how to tap into it when he needs it. If he only had to throw pitches per night, it stands to reason he'd be more willing to tap into that gas.

He probably still can throw 95 miles per hour, maybe even Became 4th NL pitcher with at least 10 strikeouts, allowing 3 hits or fewer and 1 earned run or fewer in World Series contest when he limited Rangers to those totals in Game 5 of Fall Classic on Nov. Louis' Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, receiving 11 of 32 first-place votes, 12 2nd-place votes and 9 3rd-place votes to finish with points Carpenter got 9 first-place votes and finished with 94 points, while Wainwright received most first-place votes with 12, but finished 3rd with 90 points Lincecum's 15 wins in were fewest for any starting pitcher to win Cy Young in season not shortened by work stoppage Mathewson accomplished feat twice from and in 3-straight years from Pittsburgh, becoming just 3rd Giants pitcher since to fan or-more batters in single contest Clemens was with 1.

Milwaukee, becoming 3rd youngest Giants Opening Day starter, joining Juan Marichal 24 years, days in and Mark Davis 23 years, days in Koufax won award in and in his 1st start in , lasted just 3.

Atlanta in SF's victory Giants were in that stretch LAA after allowing 4 runs 3er on 8 hits with 9 Ks Lincecum became 3rd Giant to lose no-hitter in 7th inning, as Randy Johnson April 19 vs. AZ and Barry Zito June 21 vs. TEX also had no-hit efforts broken up by leadoff batter in 7th frame Louis' Busch Stadium Pittsburgh in what was his 6th career complete-game Molina had missed 8 games from Aug.

Martinez proceeded to fan 9 Giants batters while allowing 5 hits in SF's loss Giants' top pitching prospect, Madison Bumgarner started in his place, in what was his highly anticipated major league debut Colorado in SF's win Cleveland's Cliff Lee 14 wins was only other pitcher in to have as many as 13 wins in season following his club's losses Arizona and Sept. Los Angeles Milwaukee in his 1st start in 2nd half after allowing 5 runs on 6 hits over 6.

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And, since it wasn't 'I'm going to be the closer,' it probably had something to do with his pitching mix. Can't test the motivation, but we can test to see if his pitching mix has changed in different counts. If you look at Lincecum's overall use, it looks like he's using the fastball more this year. Look instead at his pitching mix by counts, and you'll notice that he's using the pitch differently. And less, in important situations.

Check out the difference in his pitching mix this year when compared to his average from When Tim Lincecum needs a strike this year against a right-handed batter, he's reaching for his sinker more than his fastball. Significantly more. His slider and curveball usage is down across the board, with the slider getting the heave-ho more often.

That's interesting because by FanGraphs' pitch-type values -- admittedly a results-based metric that only tells us what happened after the pitch was thrown without any context -- the curve has lagged well behind the slider in effectiveness over the years.

Lincecum, 32, has spent his nine-year big-league career with the Giants and has only one requirement. In addition to a few warmups, he threw 41 pitches — 20 before a five-minute break, followed by 21 more — without anyone in the batter's box, while wearing a black USMNT U. It seemed that those who came to watch Lincecum were expecting to see more, with some mentioning they were under the impression he might reach 90 pitches.

Lincecum topped out at 91 mph, but threw in the high 80s, low 90s consistently, according to some spectators. Scottsdale Stadium was eerily silent throughout the outing, which Lincecum's agent, Rick Thurman, compared to about two innings of work.

Lincecum groaned on a few pitches, but looked sharp and in control for the most part.