7/3 GDT Freak @ gnats

[gp956]

Stealing 2nd and 3rd with a five run lead is a code violation. Someone should get plunked.

Not quite there. Still pretty early.

 

[gp956]

To be fair, it's hot as fuck down here in the south. He's always sucked in hot weather, so my expectations were a bit tempered.

I mentioned this yesterday........but who cares?

 

[Stokes1931]

I mentioned this yesterday........but who cares?

Lincecum should just skip hot and humid starts. Give us a chance.

 

[mistgl]

I mentioned this yesterday........but who cares?

A guy who lives in SF and Seattle?

I'm not saying it's ok, just that this is nothing new.

 

[gp956]

So Aaron Rowand has 12 AB against Zimmerman, and has only struck-out twice. That surprises me.

 

[Stokes1931]

D@mn this team with RISP! 0-9 so far today.

 

[gp956]

A guy who lives in SF and Seattle?

I'm not saying it's ok, just that this is nothing new.

We all know timmy has a history of sucking in the heat.

 

[gp956]

Nice way to get the road trip started. The bullpen owes timmy a code red at some point.

 

[Stokes1931]

Pathetic performance by our "ace".

He used to be able to rise above the circumstances. Now it seems he is sinking below the circumstances even before he gets out there. What the hell is the matter with him?

 

[gp956]

Free 90ft.......

 

[gp956]

Pathetic performance by our "ace".

He used to be able to rise above the circumstances. Now it seems he is sinking below the circumstances even before he gets out there. What the hell is the matter with him?

I don't know everything that's wrong, but he loses focus way too much - that meatball he threw to Zimermann for the second run was inexcusable.

 

[gp956]

Free 90ft costs a run.

 

[Stokes1931]

Timmy's ERA now officially above the Bombko line again, 6.17. What a nightmare of a season for him. If he had pitched halfway decently, and the Giants could even hit .230 with RISP, we'd have clinched already.

 

[Stokes1931]

I don't know everything that's wrong, but he loses focus way too much - that meatball he threw to Zimermann for the second run was inexcusable.

He's getting lit up as much as he is lighting up, perhaps. Seems mental to me, as he is throwing hard, and the pitches have movement.

 

[Stokes1931]

It says Timmy gave up 8 earned runs on MLB.com.

However, if the runner moved to 3rd on the error, and then scored on the sac fly, isn't that an unearned run? Not that it matters a helluva lot at this point. Why not give Lincecum the ER's for the rest of the game also?

 

[Stokes1931]

Dammit. Giants with another RISP.

 

[gp956]

He's getting lit up as much as he is lighting up, perhaps. Seems mental to me, as he is throwing hard, and the pitches have movement.

He lacks the ability to hit spots consistently, right now. And he's not using the natural movement on the two-seamer very well, either. He's never had to use it much in the past. Throwing it to lefty over the plate is not smart. On the other hand, he does seem to take pitches off, which causes him to lose count leverage. It's just a cluster fuck of issues - part mental, part strategic, part mechanical.

 

[gp956]

It says Timmy gave up 8 earned runs on MLB.com.

However, if the runner moved to 3rd on the error, and then scored on the sac fly, isn't that an unearned run? Not that it matters a helluva lot at this point. Why not give Lincecum the ER's for the rest of the game also?

This seems correct, depending on what occurred after the sac-fly.

 

[Stokes1931]

He lacks the ability to hit spots consistently, right now. And he's not using the natural movement on the two-seamer very well, either. He's never had to use it much in the past. Throwing it to lefty over the plate is not smart. On the other hand, he does seem to take pitches off, which causes him to lose count leverage. It's just a cluster fuck of issues - part mental, part strategic, part mechanical.

It really is puzzling, given how excellent he has been in the past. You gotta wonder whether the humiliation will motivate him or do him more harm.

 

[msgkings322]

He lacks the ability to hit spots consistently, right now. And he's not using the natural movement on the two-seamer very well, either. He's never had to use it much in the past. Throwing it to lefty over the plate is not smart. On the other hand, he does seem to take pitches off, which causes him to lose count leverage. It's just a cluster fuck of issues - part mental, part strategic, part mechanical.

I think we learned a little more about Timmy2012 today. While he looked better against 2 not so great/really awful hitting teams at our pitcher's park of a home field, he's still got a long way to go.

It might take him all year, who the hell knows? I do think he has a new ceiling as a pitcher, however. I don't see any way this guy can be an ace again. He might round into a very solid 3rd starter which is all this team needs.

But it's pretty sad seeing this happen.

Maybe it's an Adam Dunn situation (I know hitting grooves and pitching grooves aren't at all the same), his 2011 was historically awful and he's having a great year again this year.