Around the Horn: Tim Lincecum
February 12th, 2010 | by Ray Flowers |Tim Lincecum and the Giants agreed to a last minute deal to avoid arbitration as the two sides agreed to a 2-year deal worth $23 million. What are the ramifications of the deal for the Giants, Lincecum and baseball as a whole?
Just to further what was said in the video, here are the numbers between the three hurlers under discussion for the past two seasons (2008-09).
Lincecum: 33-12, 2.48 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
Hernandez: 28-16, 2.93 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
Verlander: 30-26, 4.08 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
Lincecum: 10.47 K/9, 3.46 K/BB, 452.1 IP
Hernandez: 8.03 K/9, 2.60 K/BB, 439.1 IP
Verlander: 8.82 K/9, 2.88 K/BB, 441 IP
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By Ray Flowers
Tags: Felix Hernandez, Giants, Justin Verlander, Mariners, Tigers, Tim Lincecum
By Dave Tobener on Feb 12, 2010
Nice work, Ray. I wonder what Lincecum is going to ask for 2 years from now…
By Paul on Feb 13, 2010
Ray, you made your own argument when saying Verlander and King Felix have more experience in the league then Lincecum.
Both of these players were only a couple years away from completing six years in the majors, which is needed to file for free agency, that’s why they received longer, bigger contracts.
I think the union would be pleased with a contract like this for a player that is 3-4 years away from being able to file for free agency, a 11.5 million dollar a year contract set the bar pretty high for clubs wishing to avoid arbitration with players in a young career that will have less talent then Lincecum has.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the union pushed Lincecum into taking a contract like this.
Paul