MLB Betting Line – Jimenez vs Lincecum in Pitchers Duel of the Year

This is by far Memorial Day’s game to watch as it features two of the best young arms in baseball, Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez and San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum.

Giants rookie Buster Posey is also a guy you’ll want to have a look at as he’s made quite an impression in his first few games this season.

MLB Betting Line:

Colorado Rockies -1 ½ (+145) at San Francisco Giants +1 ½ (-165)

Monday, May 31 – 4:05 PM ET

Over/Under – 6

On Saturday night, Buster Posey’s season debut for the Giants, the kid went 3-4 with three RBI’s, helping San Francisco to a blowout victory over Arizona.

Then on Sunday, he made a few more fans in San Fran as he went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI in the 6-5 win against the D-backs.

Here’s a video of his Sunday performance just so you get an idea of how the announcers are talking about this kid and how the San Fran faithful feel about their young prospect. Because the fifth overall pick in 2008 has four RBIs, two three hit games and an entire city out buying up Posey jerseys, and that’s all in two days. Not bad for a weekend series.

Then of course we have possibly the pitching matchup of this young season as Tim Lincecum, the reigning two time NL Cy Young Award winner, goes up against the hottest pitcher in baseball right now in Ubaldo Jimenez. San Francisco’s ace hasn’t been on top of his game his last few outings, having allowed 11 runs in his last 9 2/3 innings.

That was after a very impressive start that saw him give up just 11 tallies in his first 56 innings. Still, he’s 5-1 with a 3.00 ERA so far this season and will no doubt be digging deep for his Memorial Day start against Jimenez.

Colorado’s ace is on fire. He has not allowed a run in 17 innings and comes into this contest with the Giants with a 9-1 record and an ERA of 0.88. He’s already thrown a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves on April 17th and has gone at least seven innings in his last five starts.

This is what you call a pitcher’s duel. But aside from the spectacle Jimenez and Lincecum are sure to put on, there are standings and implications to worry about. The Giants need to put together some wins as they trail the Padres by 2 1/2 games for first and the second-place Dodgers by a half-game in the NL West.

The Rockies are almost in the same boat and would love to close some distance on the division leaders as they sit four games behind San Diego.  A successful series in San Francisco would mean closing the gap on the Padres and leapfrogging the Giants in the division.

Considering that they have the hottest arm in baseball taking the hill for them on Memorial Day, its hard to bet against the Rockies. Baseball Betting against Lincecum isn’t usually advisable, but its hard to argue with Jimenez’s number.

Take the Rockies at -120.