[onlooker]

Is this kid the real deal? I keep reading that his is the best prospect in a long time. He will start on Sunday against the Phillies, because the Gaints placed Russ Ortiz on the DL.

He is 4-0 with an ERA of 0.29, allowing 12 hits with 46 strikeouts in 31 innings for Triple-A Fresno.

It will be interesting to see how he performs.

[The HG]

It sure will. He better not make any mistakes, though, especially if the wind is blowing out, or the Philly big boppers will take him deep.

But those minor league stats are eye-popping, to say the least.

[tacomax]

I'd love him to have a good outing. And to prove that paying silly money for the likes of Zito could be much better well spent - by replacing the Giant's Pensioners for one.

[moses millsap]

This is the kid that has a delivery similar to Hudson's, right?

[Razz]

It's not often you see a kid that can hit triple digits and people are more impressed by his curveball.

[onlooker]

Needless to say, I grabbed him on all my fantasy teams. And looking forward to seeing him pitch tomorrow night.

[bigboydan]

Thats one tough matchup for him tomorrow night in the national spotlight.

[Razz]

I'm rolling with the under 8.5.

[onlooker]

So is the kid worth +114 to +120 at home against Hamels?

[austintx05]

I hope he gets rocked. Lets not forget AA and Major League are 2 different animals. Choptalk over at the rx already wants to crown this kid the Cy Young. Let him prove himself over 4-5 starts and take it from there.

[bigboydan]

So is the kid worth +114 to +120 at home against Hamels?

I don't think he is tonight looker. All this hype reminds me of Matt Garza's first start for the Twins last year. What makes matters even worse for him if the fact that he's going up against the Phillies ace tonight. Then you factor Bonds not in the lineup tonight and it doesn't look promising for the Kid IMO.

[tacomax]

Not the best of starts, then.

Incidentally, that kid should sort his teeth out.

[rjt721]

Kid looks like he's 12.

[bigboydan]

Not a great start for him at all Taco. Who know that might be the only runs he gives up tonight though.

[bigboydan]

Looks like he's on track now. a 10 pitch inning with 4 K's already.

[Checkerboard]

Looks like he's on track now. a 10 pitch inning with 4 K's already.

I hope so bigboydan, because I parlayed the under with Phillies ml. All the scoring I can yet afford to see is one more Philly run max, anything else and my parlay's shot down because the o/u was 8.

[rjt721]

Phils got a gift with that interference call involving Victorino. Terrible call.

[austintx05]

wow

austin was right again

[tacomax]

With respect, I don't think you need to be Nostradamus to predict that a 22 year old pitching for the first time in the majors isn't going to have the best match of his career.

[bigboydan]

You really don't Taco. I thought it was pretty clear cut in regards to what expect out of the kid tonight. Bochey made it quite clear the other day that he would not make more than 100 pitches in this game. You had to figure with him being a rookie that he was going to make rookie mistakes tonight.

[austintx05]

haha

never said i was....but at the other site it was funny to see everyone lining up for this kid...somne claimed it was free money

[tacomax]

Anyone see him against Oswalt? He's looking pretty damn good.

[onlooker]

Anyone see him against Oswalt? He's looking pretty damn good.

Yep. 10 K's, only 2 hits, and 1 walk. Kid looks to be legit so far.

He has dropped his ERA to 3.44 and his WHIP to 1.15. 21 K's in 18.1 IP, not bad.

[Willie Bee]

Anyone see him against Oswalt? He's looking pretty damn good.

That was a great game (except for the Astros blowing the win ). Too bad Oswalt and Lincecum aren't in the same division so we could see the two battle more often during the seasons to come. Lot of similarities between Lincecum and Oswalt, though the kid certainly has a little more giddy-up on his heater than Roy O does. But both are 'small' by a lot of standards, and both have sort of 'balls to the wall, all out' deliveries with a nice repertoire of pitches.

Astros broadcaster Jim Deshaies also noted the other night that Lincecum bears a remarkable resemblance to actor Alan Ruck, Cameron in Ferris Bueller's Day Off