As of June [[2008 Major League Baseball season|2008]], Lincecum is 9–1, leading the NL with 114 strikeouts and is second in the NL in ERA at 2.38. On May 15, 2008, after Lincecum struck out 10 Houston Astros in 6 innings, Houston first baseman Lance Berkman offered his view of Lincecum: "He's got as good of stuff as I've ever seen. ... He's got three almost unhittable pitches."<ref>http://mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080515&content_id=2706101&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf</ref> After falling to Lincecum and the Giants 6–3 on May 27, Arizona Diamondbacks [[first baseman]] [[Conor Jackson]] gave his impression of facing Lincecum: "He's got good stuff," Jackson said. "From what I saw tonight, that's the best arm I've seen all year, no doubt. You've got to almost hit a ball right down the middle. You're going to pop up the ball at your bellybutton, which we all did tonight, and the one down, it's coming in at 98 [mph], you're not going to put too much good wood on it. Even the ones down the middle are coming at 98. He's good, man."Lincecum was recently on the cover of Sports Illustrated. If you look at his stats, Tim is arguably the most underrated player in the majors just because he's so young and unknown. He, in my opinion, has the potential to be the most dominant pitcher in the NL, possibly MLB if he stays healthy. This guy could be the next Randy Johnson or Pedro Martinez in terms of absolute dominancy.