Daily Giants Report

It's getting close to Award time, and we can pretty much be certain that the only Giant with a snowball's chance for some silverware this post-season will be Tim Lincecum.  We wrote about his mastery quite a bit over at National Pastime Monthly, and we will once again once we get closer to Spring.  For those of you new to the blog, we flat out love Lincecum, as a matter of fact, we would even consider naming one of our future children after him if allowed.

Here is a snippet from one of our most trusted blog sites, Baseball Daily Digest:

National League Cy Young Prediction:

Make it back-to-back Cy Young awards for Tim Lincecum. The last pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Young awards would be Timmy’s teammate Randy Johnson, then of the Arizona Diamondbacks circa 1999-2002 (he actually won four in a row). Who knew the San Francisco Giants would have such royalty in their starting rotation?

It seemed a daunting task to improve on what Lincecum did last season, but he did it. His ERA+ went from 167 to 173 and he walked 16 fewer batters than he did last season. Perfecting perfection? You betcha.

In terms of WAR, Lincecum led the way at 8.2 with Javier Vazquez lagging far behind at 6.6 — even more of a landslide than the AL Cy Young race.

• Second Place: Javier Vazquez, Atlanta Braves
• Third Place: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals