Lincecum Does it Again!

This afternoon Major League Baseball would vote on who would win the NL CY Young Award. There were three choices to pick from. First choice was former CY Young Award winner back in 2005 Chris Carpenter, from the St. Louis Cardinals. Carpenter this year already won NL Come Back Player of the Year and could defiantly win the 2009 NL CY Young Award. This season Carpenter had a fine season with an ERA of 2.24, 17 wins, 4 losses, 144 strikeouts, and 192.2 innings pitched. Also there was his teammate Adam Wainwright who won a gold glove award already was in line to win his first CY Young Award. In 2009 Wainwright had a 2.63 ERA, 19 wins, 8 losses, 212 strikeouts, and 233.0 innings pitched, and was the second choice on the list. Both Carpenter and Wainwright would help win the NL Central Division for the Cardinals in 2009 over the Cubs. The final choice was the 2008 CY Young Award winner from the San Francisco Giants, "The Freak" Tim Lincecum. In 2009 Limcecum put up another strong season with an ERA of 2.48, 15 wins, 7 losses, 261 strikeouts (the most in the NL), and 225.1 innings pitched. They would give the 2009 NL CY Young Award back to young 25 year old Tim Lincecum!

Tim Lincecum would become the second player to win Back to Back NL CY Young Awards since his teammate Randy Johnson did so from 1999-2002. Here's a look at Randy Johnson's numbers. 1999 - ERA 2.49, 17 wins, 9 losses, 364 strikeouts, and 271.2 innings pitched. 2000 - ERA 2.64, 19 wins, 7 losses, 347 strikeouts, and 248.2 innings pitched. 2001 - ERA 2.49, 21 wins, 6 losses, 372 strikeouts, and 249.2 innings pitched. 2002 - ERA 2.32, 24 wins, 5 losses, 334 strikeouts, and 260.0 innings pitched. Randy Johnson is clearly one of the best pitchers in our time from that era. But I think a new young gun pitcher has shown everyone to be one of the best pitchers in baseball in our time and his name is Tim Lincecum. Linececum has only been in the Major Leagues for 3 years and has proved people that he isn't a little boy anymore winning Back to Back NL CY Young Awards and leading the league in strikeouts in the National League. In 2008 he won his first CY Young Award with a 2.62 ERA, 18 wins, 5 losses, 265 strikeouts, and 227.0 innings pitched. When you think San Francisco Giants, you think TIM LINCECUM if you’re a player or a fan. He has to be considering one of the most dangerous pitchers in the game and for the Giants since Juan Marichal played in the 1960's. Lincecum has yet to get his club to the postseason but when he does all he will be thinking about is win a World Series and I'll be one if not only the best pitcher in my generation. The Giants haven’t been to a World Series since 2002 but lost to the Los Angeles Angels and they haven't won a World Series in almost five or six decades. I look forward to the 2010 season to see if Lincecum can get his team to the postseason and maybe win the NL West Division for the first time since 2003. All I can say is "it’s no freak show, Tim Lincecum is human".