And has pitched 3 cg’s so far in his career.

I however think that it is unlikely to happen this year for anyone because we actually have a closer who can be counted on to close out the game and we aren’t often going to score enough runs to make it a blowout wherein Bochy feels comfortable enough to let the starter go 9.

And rightly so.

CAIN.

I think Matt Cain is the more likely of the two to pitch the Giants’ next complete game—and I don’t think the other three have much chance.

I think the Giants will continue to be careful with Tim, whose advantage over Matt in this regard would be that he averages fewer pitches per inning and the last I looked had thrown more pitches than Matt in a single game this season and also had a slightly higher pitch-per-game average (which he might have given up last night).

But over a year ago I said that I believed Matt was more likely to pitch a no-hitter than Tim (even though I thought Tim was clearly the better pitcher). When Matt is on, he is ON. Tim’s advantage is that he is much more consistent than Matt. Matt has had a non-quality start nearly twice as often as Tim.

I think for the same reason, Matt is more likely to be the one to pitch the next complete game. When Matt is really on and has good control, his pitch count per inning drops, which improves his chance of throwing a complete game.

I believe Tim has gone into the ninth inning only once, the night he gave up three hits on five fastballs in the ninth inning to negate probably his second-best start of the season. It appeared he was going to start the ninth against the Brewers when he pitched a very fine game against them in Milwaukee last season, but the Giants rallied for a long inning and the Giants wisely went for a reliever instead.

Entering the season, would you have guessed that Tim would be averaging more pitches per outing (which may no longer be the case), have the greater number of pitches in a single game and be averaging more innings per outing (6.57 to Matt’s 6.30)?

I wouldn’t have. And I don’t think anyone here is a bigger fan of Tim’s than I.

and I’m pretty sure I’m right. Though there is an outside chance it was Timothy Keefe.

Cain is built for complete games but will none the less have zero this year even though he will finish with an ERA below 4 and more the 200 innings and Ks. Lincecum is learning fast how to minimize his pitch count and will have many years in the the future with multiple complete games but not this year though he too will finish with more the 200 innings and Ks and he will keep his ERA below 3. Sanchez too is learning how to minimize his pitch count but it ain’t happening this year inspite of the fact that he will be the third Giants starter this year to keep his ERA below 4 and finish with more the 200 innings and Ks.

Jonathan Sanchez is averaging precisely 6.0 innings per start this season. If he gets 33 starts on the year, I think he has a decent chance to exceed 200 innings. If he receives only 32, I think he is a long shot.

I think they let either of the Sanchez, Cain or Tim go 9 full this season one of 3 things had to happen.
1) Wilson has had melted down.
2) Wilson thrown 3 straight days before hand.
3) or young the starter in question is flirting with a No No.

This protects the 3 young starters and keeps giving Wilson chances to learn and master his trade.

Were as Corriea and Zito being older if they have game were they are on boulder Skull should be willing to take more chances with them