The San Francisco Giants will be represented in the All-Star Game next week by 26-year old righty starting pitcher Tim Lincecum and 28-year old righty reliever Brian Wilson. Lincecum has started 17 games for the Giants this season and he is 8-4 with a 3.28 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. He has whiffed 121 batters in only 109 2/3 innings plus he has only allowed 97 hits so his stuff is still there. But he has walked 46 batters this season and it has gotten him into a little trouble one in a while. This will be Lincecum’s third All-Star appearance. Brian Wilson is having another outstanding year for the Giants. He has pitched in 33 games (0 starts) for the Giants this year and he is 2-0 with 22 saves, a 2.04 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. He has whiffed 49 batters this season in only 35 1/3 innings as he slams the door when he enters the game. This is Wilson’s 2nd All-Star appearance.

30-year old lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt finished tied with Chris Coghlan and Brad Hawpe for 28th for the N.L. MVP Award. Affeldt pitched in 74 games (0 starts) for the Giants last year and he was 2-2 with a 1.73 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. He only allowed 42 hits in 62 1/3 innings while whiffing 55 batters showing just how tough he was last season. Affeldt has now pitched in 434 games (42 starts) in his major league career and he is 28-30 with 18 saves, a 4.27 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. The Giants are hoping that 2009 was just a sign of things to come for Affeldt as he has never pitched close to that well in his major league career before.

23-year old switch-hitting 3B/C Pablo Sandoval finished 7th in the voting for the N.L. MVP Award. He played in 153 games last season for the Giants and he was 189 for 572 (.330 avg, .943 OPS) with 79 runs scored, 25 homers and 90 RBIs. Sandoval has now played in 194 games in his two years with the Giants and he is 239 for 717 (.333 avg, .924 OPS) with 103 runs scored, 28 homers and 114 RBIs. Look for Sandoval to be a legit threat to win the MVP Award at some point if the Giants start putting better hitters around him which would be very scary for opposing teams.

25-year old righty starting pitcher Tim Lincecum won his second consecutive Cy Young Award in a very close vote over Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals. Lincecum deserved the award as he started 32 games for the Giants in which he was 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. He only allowed 168 hits in 225 1/3 innings last season while whiffing 261 batters showing just how dominating he was. Lincecum has now pitched in 90 games (89 starts) in his major league career and he is 40-17 with a 2.90 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. There is no reason to think that Lincecum can add more Cy Young Awards to his trophy case in the near future.

UPDATE: Tim Lincecum has also finished tied for 18th in the MVP Award voting in the N.L. He was tied with Shane Victorino of the Phillies.

Bruce Bochy of the San Francisco Giants finished fifth in the balloting for the Manager of the Year Award in the National League. Bochy led the Giants to a 88-74 (54.3%) record last season despite the fact that they didn’t have much offense to work with. Bochy has now been the skipper of the Giants for three years now and he has compiled a 231-255 (47.5%) record during the regular season. With the Giants likely to spend a lot of money this winter look for Bochy to have them right in the hunt for the National League West.