Wilson For Closer???

Brian Wilson has been making some noise as of late with his 98 MPH fastballs and 92 MPH sliders, fooling bewildered hitters in his short time with the club since being called up from Fresno on August 11th. Last year Wilson showed that he had great stuff, but that he also had very poor command (21 BB's in 30 IP). He even allowed 32 hits in those 30 innings which means when he finally did get the ball over the plate, it wasn't exactly on the corner. However, in his 6 innings this year (albeit 6 innings), he has shown stellar control, allowing only 5 baserunners. Even though Brad Hennessey has done a pretty decent job as the closer since Armando was sent packing, we all know he doesn't have closer stuff, and is better suited as a set-up man. Another possibility for next year's closer job is Randy Messenger. He has closer stuff and a closer's attitude but it's hard to be a closer when you are always punching stuff. Brian Wilson's first 6 innings could be a fluke but I like what I see so far.

Lincecum

Anyone else like Tim Lincecum's performance on Tuesday night? I know the end result wasn't too pleasing but he definately showed that he can be a dominant pitcher right now (if he hadn't already it was just confirmation). He ranks 9th in the National League in K's even though he was in AAA all of April. If he had 26-27 starts like everyone else (he only has 20 so far) he would have 170+ K's which would put him 2nd only behind Jake Peavy. I also think the press made too big a deal about his fist pump after he struckout the last batter in the 8th inning. I can't really think of a reason why anyone would try to accuse Tim Lincecum, the guy who looks like he is in 7th grade, as being a show boater.

One last request...

Why is Ray Durham still playing at all??? He is batting .222 this season and an UNBELIEVABLE .103 in the month of August! Oh by the way he is also a very below average fielder to boot. On the other hand, Kevin Frandsen is 10 years younger, a better hitter, a better fielder, and a whole lot more scrappy in his sleep than Ray Durham has ever been. They do have exactly the same batting average but Frandsen's low average is a result of him not getting any consistent playing time. It's hard to hit big league pitching when you only face it once every week and a half. With this season really not going anywhere, I don't understand why they can't just give Kevin Frandsen a chance