Lincecum signs with Giants; Avoids Arbitration

I was kind of hoping that they would go to arbitration, duke it out, ruin their relationship, and make Timmeh want to sign else where later on, but it just wasn't meant to be. Details: 2 years, 40.5 million

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Thanks.

He’s so Bay area anyway, I can’t imagine him pitching any place else.

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by NASCARbernet on Jan 24, 2012 7:37 PM EST reply actions

I can dream

can’t I? I would be so happy if he went to some east coast team, and we didn’t have to face him as much

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by imstillhungry95 on Jan 24, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions

I'd be happy

If he played for us

by AzDbackfanInDc on Jan 25, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions

That would be cool

but we have so much quality depth, I’m not sure we need him

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by imstillhungry95 on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions

He's one of the best players in baseball,

I’d like to think we could make room for him, if for some reason he really wanted to come here for cheap.

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by Zavada's Moustache on Jan 26, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, he is one of the premier players in the game

but there are signs that he may have reached his peak. His top fastball continues to decline in velocity. That may not herald a career of mediocrity, but I question how long he will be able to retain his ‘power pitcher’ persona.

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by NASCARbernet on Jan 28, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

i don't consider

Tim Lincecum to be a power pitcher anymore

in fact, i don’t really think he’s been one for the past couple of years. he no longer pitches his mid-90’s four-seam fastball up in the zone to rack up a bajillion strikeouts. for the past couple of years, he’s favored his 91-93 mph two seamer a lot more, which is why his average velo has dropped. he can still rear it up to 95-96 mph, but doesn’t do so very often in games.

he lives in the bottom of the zone now, which is why you also see an uptick in groundballs. he’s also got an elite changeup which he uses a lot more often than his curveball, which was arguably his best pitch coming out of college.

he’s still an elite pitcher though, and i think he can be an elite pitcher for a long time (with the normal caveats for pitcher injuries). but i definitely wouldn’t say he fits the power pitcher profile.

by blue bulldog on Jan 28, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions