Many outside Giants fans – and maybe fantasy baseball owners – haven’t heard of right-handed pitcher Tim Lincecum. After tonight, however, maybe more baseball fans will remember the name.
The 22-year-old Lincecum will make his major league debut tonight against the Philadelphia Phillies on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. He was 4-0 with a phenomenal 0.29 ERA and limited hitters to a .119 average in 31 innings at Triple A Fresno. He was the tenth overall selection in last June’s draft after leading college baseball in strikeouts. Perhaps the most amazing feature about Lincecum is his outstanding velocity despite his 5’11”, 160-pound frame and Japanese-type pitching motion.
Interested in rookie phenoms like Francisco Liriano or Dice-K? Then you might want to check out Lincecum tonight, because he might surprise.
Update: Lincecum got beat up and was overall schooled by the Phils’ Cole Hamels…the phenom of Philadelphia if you will. Lincecum got taken deep twice (including a two-run blast by Ryan Howard) in the Phillies 8-5 victory.
