Giants Splash: Lincecum move afoot, trade priorities, Sunday’s lineup

Giants Splash:

Tim Lincecum came to the park Sunday morning with his pitching arm feeling not too bad after taking a line drive Saturday.

[...] he is headed for the disabled list for the first time in his career.

Manager Bruce Bochy said two pitching moves are coming, maybe after Sunday's game, perhaps before Tuesday's game at Miami, and strongly suggested one will be Lincecum.

[...] Bochy said that having Lincecum back off for a couple of weeks is a "no-brainer" in light of how quickly his stuff has been dropping off mid-game.

The Giants need two spots for Matt Cain and Jake Peavy, although it's not 100 percent sure that Peavy will rejoin the rotation this week.

Gametime temperature was 112 degrees and he limited his pregame routine to save energy.

[...] after a 37-pitch first inning, he held Vegas to one run over five innings the rest of the way and needed only 53 more pitches.

[...] here are the priorities for the Giants as they head into trading season, as I understand them:

The club feels that adding an eighth starter would be very difficult.

The big question, then, is who would follow Madison Bumgarner in a playoff rotation?

Yes, the playoffs are months away, and yes, the Giants are not even in a playoff position right now.

[...] the front office needs to ask itself this question now as it decides where to spend valuable resources (prospects) at the trade deadline.

Andrew Susac hit a three-run double that won Saturday's game.