Giants — Dbacks sounds like a good tussle in September, hopefully a meaningful game…. The PS, especially game 1 vs. Atlanta and the game 5 finale vs. Texas, may represent the best work Lincecum and Posey have done together. But there have been many other successes along the way:.
Never thought he is nothing but a a mouth-piece. I was walking by the glass booth,where he and Baggs. This was and i had a second before the game,so i said to him,looks like the Giants are making a run to over ketch. He just looked. Baggs had a. Romo against Cabera,Romo threw him 5 straight sliders,Posey wanted a sixth.
Romo shook him off and froze him with the fastball. Baggarly has said a lot the same stuff that Kawakami and others have said. He was especially suspicious after the first Whiteside start. I hope he has a solid season, and I could care less who catches him. I think it makes little difference in the scheme of things with a veteran pitcher.
Tim was a young pitcher when Bengie caught him, so some guidance from an experienced catcher was obviously a good thing. I will savor his games this year…. Tom, excellent post. I agree that Tim will probably be gone after this year.
In fact, there are a couple of scenarios where he may be gone by the trade deadline. Not necessarily whole sale changes, i. This fine tuning will occur as early as the trade deadline if the Giants are out of contention. Again, no way, no how, I am saying that the GMen will collapse, but stranger things have occurred.
Regarding Lincecum — he will be moved if the situation warrants it this season, not next season. In short, the organization always comes first. I am not entirely convinced that Tim is gone after this year. If he pitches well, then I see the Giants making a big run at trying to retain him.
I have seen quite a few interviews where he talks about playing here, and I believe he is genuine when he talks about how much he loves playing here, and with this group of players. I think it is entirely too early to be calling for his definitive departure after this year.
Lincecum has always seemed to me to be a dude on an island in the clubhouse. Molina took him under his wing and helped guide him to success. Then poof, bye bye Molina. After that Wilson seemed to be the only one Lincecum connected with and now its pretty much adios Wilson. He needs that pissed of me against the world attitude approach. It feeds his confidence and success.
When it comes to anecdotal evidence and eyeball tests, Buster Posey is one of the very best catchers in baseball, and Hector Sanchez is one of the most unpolished. When it comes to statistical evidence and quantifiable data, Buster Posey is one of the very best catchers in baseball, and Hector Sanchez is one of the most unpolished.
Replacing an inexperienced, rough catcher with a good-to-great catcher should prevent runs from scoring. There isn't a pitcher on the Giants' staff who could benefit more than Lincecum from an extra run saved here or there, at least when it comes to confidence. Now, Sanchez will need to start behind the plate often to keep Posey fresh, and if Lincecum really wants to throw to him, whatever. It's not going to make that much of a difference if it's Cain, Zito, Vogelsong, Bumgarner, or Lincecum who picks up all of the Sanchez starts.
But the debate is over when it comes to Sanchez being better for Lincecum. There isn't a scrap of evidence confirming that, except for the small samples suggesting the exact opposite is true. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Barry Lamar Bonds 50 awesome things about no-hitters Full Archive. Stories Schedule Roster Stats. He's allowed 10 hits, two runs, five walks and no home runs over His ERA with Posey catching him this season is 1. Given that Posey was also the catcher for Lincecum during his phenomenal run as a reliever last postseason, it seems obvious that he should be catching Timmy.
Posey is a better defender than Sanchez, and Lincecum needs all the support he can get at this point in his career. Posey is much more athletic behind the plate than Sanchez. He clearly does a better job of framing the ball to get borderline pitches called strikes for his pitchers.
According to research done by Matt Klaassen, Posey ranked as the fifth-best defensive catcher in baseball last season. Sanchez ranked as the sixth-worst. Thus, the numbers back up what most Giants ' fans have been observing over the last year-plus.
This looks like an open-and-shut case. Lincecum has looked dominant in the two starts that he's made this season with Posey catching. He was exceptional pitching to Posey last postseason and terrible in his lone postseason start with Sanchez catching. The advanced numbers and the eye test combine to show that Posey is superior to Sanchez defensively. Thus, as long as manager Bruce Bochy keeps pairing Lincecum and Posey together, Timmy will continue to pitch well, right?
Well, not based on last year's numbers. Lincecum's statistics based on who was catching him last year are not available anywhere that I could find online. Therefore, I had to compile Lincecum's numbers from last season throwing to each of the Giants' three catchers using his game log available at ESPN.
I then looked at each box score to see who the catcher was when Lincecum pitched. Finally, I created a spreadsheet with Lincecum's numbers throwing to each catcher and totaled up the final results.
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