http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/7/6/566016/lincecum-to-pitch-tuesday

Sad to say but this proves that Giants management really believe that the team is in the playoff hunt. Along with Bochy’s inexplicable need to keep starting Vizquel every day when even Vizquel thinks he should be playing less. I really thought they had gotten past this delusion.

I desperately hope this doesn’t lead to a Shea Hindenburg trade at the deadline.

Maybe they’re just trying to get him more starts to help in the Cy Young race. Just a thought…

if Timmy starts Sunday in Chicago, then plays in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, will the Giants consciously limit his pitch count on Sunday to make sure he can pitch an inning or two at Yankee Stadium?

first off, Tim throws every day, he says. Could probly handle an inning 2 days after a start.

Other question is—what happens to the rotation after the break? I think it was Sean Estes that was sent out by Baker to pitch the day ahead of the allstar break, and again the day after it. So the break was no break for Sean, just for everybody else. “that’s what your staff leader does…” kind of blather. Got hurt that year and has not been the same since.

Got to use the allstar break to re-align the rotation as needed (leftyrighty etc) and give rest as needed before August.
Cain-Sanchez-Tim-Zito-Correia?

Are you sure Correia is being skipped?? I saw somewhere they just flip flopped. With six games left before the break, Tim gets two starts and everyone else gets one.

It doesn’t matter if we’re not going all the way this season, a manager and organization isn’t just going to quit. They’re getting the ace two more starts which means two more wins right before the break, then they can retool the rotation so that Lin can start the second half as the number 1, maximizing his amount of starts, and maximizing the amount of chances the Giants have to win. 5 games back isn’t that bad.

first of all anybody who spends one second thinking about who is going to pitch in the All-Star game needs to grow up. This is a lame exhibition game that nobody over the age of 16 is allowed to care about.

But something that is actually worth considering… Krukow surprisingly made a good point on his KNBR show this morning (in between all of his pronouncements that Zito is back to be Hall of Fame level) that last year the Giants shut down Lincecum after 185 innings and this year they probably won’t want him to go much past 200. He has currently pitched 115 2/3 innings (a pace of 210 for the season by my math) and after 2 more starts he will be at around 128-130.

So what if come Sept. 10th he throws his 200th inning and he is one of the leading contenders for the Cy Young Award. Do the Giants either extend him out to 225 or so innings, a very large workload for a young pitcher who has never even approached that level before? Or do they make the proper decision for his future and shut him down around 200 IPs and face the resulting PR disaster of costing their young stud a shot at the Cy Young? That could be a nasty decision to have to make.

It seems to me that they shouldn’t be extending his innings right now and setting themselves up for that tough decision down the road, I would use the All-Star break as a chance to save him some innings at this point.

but I’d have much rather Tim pitch Wednesday and in the All-Star game. I live in NY and didn’t pony up for Game-day video or Extra-innings (i don’t trust my internet connection for streaming video, and don’t have cable/dish/nothing). But I bought tickets for Wednesday and would have watched the All-Star Game (probably still will). These are my very limited chances to watch Lincecum play live. I probably can afford to go the Tuesday game, but that might be overextending my wallet (It seems that Mets tickets have gone crazy in their final season at Shea).

I also like seeing ‘the Franchise” (not my fav nickname but it works well for this sentiment) get his due respect/awe in the national market. It’s something the last Giants franchise player received only with heaping side-dishes of scorn and desserts of disrespect from the national media. I don’t require the mass media approval, but it is sorta nice. Although soon enough praise for Lincecum will be given with back handed attacks on Barry’s character.

I bought tickets for Wednesday game to see Timmy, and now you’re going to give me Corriea??

Whatever I did to you Bochy, you fat-head, it will be nothing compared to the wrath that is going to be delivered on you if you switch Timmy out and prevent me from seeing him in person the one chance I have this year.

Wonder if the Giants will change their pitching rotation alignment after the break. Currently SF has their LHPs pitching on consecutive days.

...is that Lincecum was really jazzed about pitching in the All-Star game. He’s already annoyed at being told to pitch to contact, now they’re screwing with his first AS appearance? I don’t like it.