Lincecum Signs w/ SF For Two More Years

Jaypers · Oct 22, 2013

Tim Lincecum - San Francisco Giants - 2013 Player Profile - Rotoworld.com

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Tim Lincecum deal is believed to be for $35M over 2 years. Lincecum receives full no trade clause

P_Manning 18 · Oct 22, 2013

No trade clause? Pretty sure no one else wants him.

$35M? WOW

seitas · Oct 22, 2013

I love Timmy. I am happy to have him back. However I think they overpaid by about $10 million. The giants are betting that Timmy figures out how to be effective with his velocity loss. He still misses alot of bats, but when he makes a mistake he gets hit hard. He used to be nasty when his fastball - changeup mph differential was 10-14...last years 6-8 wasn't keeping hitters off balance.
If he can be a solid #3 behind Bumgarner and Cain this deal isn't terrible, but if he ends up like Zito...well we all know how that went.

SINFULONE · Oct 22, 2013

I'm surprised he got that much too.

ballerskrip · Oct 22, 2013

WAY WAY more than he is worth.

ThoseBackPages · Oct 22, 2013

Prices are up people. just wait until this winter.

lisu · Oct 22, 2013

I think the cost is a bit high but at least it's only for 2 years.

Flip_and_Rip · Oct 22, 2013

As a Giants fan the contract they gave Pence, this doesn't surprise me at all. They paid him those two years for his fan base.

markakis8 · Oct 22, 2013

ballerskrip said:
WAY WAY more than he is worth.

If he's Lincecum of 2012 and 2013, yes. If he's Lincecum of pre-2012, than it's a steal for the Giants. The man won 2 Cy Youngs and helped win 2 WS for the franchise...hard to not give him some sort of deal...the length - 2 years was smart by the Giants.

He showed glimpses of his early career this year, so hopefully he can put it together.

RStadlerASU22 · Oct 23, 2013

IMO this type of deal helps and hurts other free agents. The price per year is a plus, the numbers if years is a negative. (As a player) I hope that the trend continues to be to the 5 years and under side for the teams sake.

TV money or not, it's real $ and should be used wisely. The $150m+ contracts just don't make sense and when you start talking $250-300m even less.

Even in this TL situation, I don't think he was going to get 17.5 on the market so I think the Giants could have gotten away for 2/$30 and used that other $5 towards other players.

Anyway it must be nice

Ryan

maxe0213 · Oct 23, 2013

Drastic overpayment. Can't believe they thought someone else would pay 17.5 mil a year.

Seiya · Oct 23, 2013

Woah. Was hoping the Padres would make a run for him, but not for that kind of money.

Dpendola · Oct 23, 2013

Coming from a Giants fan this is hard to believe after how bad he did this year..they must still see something in him.

jbhofmann · Oct 23, 2013

I see nothing wrong with this deal. Giants are only on the leash for two years and are rewarding a guy that has given them everything he has for years.

sheetskout · Oct 23, 2013

jbhofmann said:
I see nothing wrong with this deal. Giants are only on the leash for two years and are rewarding a guy that has given them everything he has for years.

I completely agree. This move was actually kind of genius in my opinion. They didn't hesitate and get into some bidding war, the reacted when everyone else in the baseball-sphere is concentrating on the World Series and didn't commit long-term. His jersey sales alone evens out the expense.

lisu · Oct 23, 2013

jbhofmann said:
I see nothing wrong with this deal. Giants are only on the leash for two years and are rewarding a guy that has given them everything he has for years.

This is much safer than their previous signings even the Cain deal. He actually was more consistent this year after the 2nd half than he was in the past. The free agent market is terrible this year for pitchers (but great for the free agents), so the Giants wanted to lock him up ASAP.

D-Lite · Oct 23, 2013

I agree with the shorter sentiment for deals and I think the Giants probably saw that prices would be absurd for mediocrity this off season. I'm hoping the Yankees don't get reeled into some bidding wars for crap pitching.

When does baseball do away with guaranteed contracts, at least in part? More performance based incentives would be great, like half a contract's worth at least. How many people in the real world have guaranteed contracts/employment?

All The Hype · Oct 23, 2013

markakis8 said:
If he's Lincecum of 2012 and 2013, yes. If he's Lincecum of pre-2012, than it's a steal for the Giants. The man won 2 Cy Youngs and helped win 2 WS for the franchise...hard to not give him some sort of deal...the length - 2 years was smart by the Giants.

He showed glimpses of his early career this year, so hopefully he can put it together.

Agree. It's easy to overlook the first part of his career, but remember that he's still young and if he's on, he's as good as anyone in baseball. Gamble for the Giants, but it's better to give him a little longer to figure it out with a short term contract like this than to let him go and figure it out on a different team.

maxe0213 · Oct 23, 2013

sheetskout said:
I completely agree. This move was actually kind of genius in my opinion. They didn't hesitate and get into some bidding war, the reacted when everyone else in the baseball-sphere is concentrating on the World Series and didn't commit long-term. His jersey sales alone evens out the expense.

LOL what. Best comment of the thread.

You think his jersey sales alone evens out the expense of 35 million over 2 years? I highly doubt that bud.

SINFULONE · Oct 24, 2013

maxe0213 said:
LOL what. Best comment of the thread.

You think his jersey sales alone evens out the expense of 35 million over 2 years? I highly doubt that bud.

This.Heard the same nonsense when Pujols signed with the Angels.

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