Who's the big dog?
The Giants simply can't survive unless their pitching keeps them in almost every game, and no hurler on the staff is more of a big dog than little Tim Lincecum. He's sort of off the grid in the National League Cy Young race, but he's having an excellent season with a 4.3 fWAR (FanGraphs' wins above replacement) and a 2.58 ERA. Somehow, that's only good for 11 wins. Pablo Sandoval deserves honorable mention with 3.9 fWAR (tied with Adrian Beltreand 0.1 behind Alex Rodriguez among third basemen) despite playing in just 79 games. The Giants need both Lincecum and Sandoval to keep producing in order to catch the rolling Snakes. Read more:
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