Monday, March 05, 2007



This is Tim Lincecum

Tim is a pitching prospect for the San Francisco Giants. He is maybe 5'10, 170 lbs. There are no major league pitchers that are this size. He's basically a 15 pound heavier version of me. Except he has a fastball that tops out at 100 mph. He doesn't ice his arm after starts and combines some of the best disguises in the league into his pitching motion. At the beginning, Lincecum turns his back to the plate like Kevin Brown. As he rotates his hips, Lincecum said he "spikes" the ball, a la Arthur Rhodes, hiding it from hitters. And the final part, the stride, is like that of 6-foot right-hander Roy Oswalt, only longer and more powerful. This kid is unreal and I think will become a dominant starting pitcher. Check out his delivery in this video. The last 10 seconds is the best.

1 comment:

Eric Olsen said...

i don't know what you're talking about. He's not THAT good looking.