TIM LINCECUM NEWS

Predicting the Lincecum Figures

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Maury Brown takes a detailed look at Tim Lincecum’s arbitration case, and comes down with Tim and the Giants bringing wildly divergent numbers. That also conclusion I came to here, but Maury comes in at lower figures for both sides.
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4467...
 

Inside The Numbers: Tim Lincecum's Possible Record Contract

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Tim Lincecum is in store for an incrediblesalary via arbitration. How high it will be is the question. $650,000 That’s what Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum made last season; the last season before “The Freak” hits salary arbitration. Now, it is not a matter...
>> bizofbaseball.com/index.p...
 

Week In Review: 11/22/09 - 11/28/09

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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrated this week! Here's your weekly look back at all things Hot Stove from MLBTR: The Blue Jays signed not one, but two shortstops this week, inking Alex Gonzalez to a one-year, $2.75MM contract with a $2.5MM club option, and re-signing...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

How Much Will It Cost to Sign Them?

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Now that Joe Mauer has won the MVP and become the first catcher since at least 1900 to lead his league in OPS, and Tim Lincecum has won his second’s consecutive Cy Young Award, how much will ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
>> bleacherreport.com/article...
 

Two Years Running: Lincecum Wins Cy Young Second Year In a Row

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And the 2009 Cy Young Award goes to....Tim Lincecum. For the second year in a row Tim "The Freak" Lincecum, took home the hardware, earning the Cy Young Award for the National League, given to the finest pitcher in the league...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
>> bleacherreport.com/article...
 

Tim Lincecum will ask for one-year deal in arbitration

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Sporting News staff reports Two-time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum will pursue just a one-year deal with Giants this winter, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Lincecum, who is eligible for arbitration for the first time , had a 2009 salary of $650,000. The Chronicle...
>> www.sportingnews.com/mlb/art...
 

Tim Lincecum's Arbitration Figure Dilemma

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Salary arbitration season in MLB doesn’t get fully underway until after the first of the year, but this class of players may be of more interest than most. With the Giants’ Tim Lincecum winning back-to-back NL Cy Young awards, he will enter the salary arbitration process for the...
>> bizofbaseball.com/index.p...
 

SOME BASEBALL WRITERS STILL LIVE IN THE STONE AGE

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For the first time in what seems like forever, the NL and AL Cy Young Awards went to the guys who most deserved them – Zack Grienke and Tim Lincecum.  But there are still some sportswriters out there who look at wins when evaluating a pitcher’s value or performance....
>> www.unathleticmag.com/2009/11...
 

Lincecum Seeking A One-Year Deal

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With the mother of all arbitration cases set to go down this winter, Tim Lincecum and his agent Rick Thurman will pursue just a one-year deal according to John Shea of The SF Chronicle. Going year-to-year in arbitration would allow the righty to maximize his earning potential, though...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Special Accomplishment

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Tim Lincecum’s two Cy Young awards makes his arbitration case more complicated: Theoretically, because of a “special accomplishment” provision, the arbitration process allows Thurman to negotiate without regard to service time, meaning Lincecum could be compared with...
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4462...
 

Break open vault for Lincecum

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Tim Lincecum is having an unprecedented career, and now he's in line for an unprecedented contract. A historic negotiation is expected after the Giants' ace won Cy Young Awards in his first two full big-league seasons, and being eligible for arbitration for...
>> feeds.sfgate.com/click.p...
 

Odds & Ends: Orioles, Lincecum, Padres

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Here are some links on an understandably slow Thanksgiving night... Baltimore GM Andy MacPhail tells Steve Melewski of MASN Sports that the Orioles are willing to offer a big contract under the right circumstances.  MacPhail points out that the club offered $140MM to Mark Teixeira...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

GIANTS / Break open the vault / Lincecum's 2010 salary will be costly, possibly setting a record

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Tim Lincecum is having an unprecedented career, and now he's in line for an unprecedented contract. A historic negotiation is expected after the Giants' ace won Cy Young Awards in his first two full big-league seasons, and being eligible for arbitration for...
>> feeds.sfgate.com/click.p...
 

Tiny Pebbles and Ripples

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If my “General Baseball” folder in Google Reader is an accurate representation, and I’d like to think that it is, the majority of the baseball world seems to be immersed in 2 stories.  The Roy Halladay trade market an the swiftly approaching Tim Lincecum arbitration...
>> kingsofkauffman.com/2009/11...
 

Tim’s Payday

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Dave Cameron looks at how much Tim Lincecum might earn in arbitration, using Roger Clemens as a base. Dave pegs him at $12 to $14 million, which seems about right to me. Of course, the Giants should try to lock him up for five years so they don’t need to worry about arbitration [...]
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4460...
 

Lincecum and Arbitration

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In an article on Yahoo Sports yesterday, Tim Brown discusses Tim Lincecum’s upcoming arbitration filing. As a two time Cy Young winner with super-two status, Brown argues that Lincecum blows up the system of comparable pitchers used to determine salaries in the arbitration process...
>> www.fangraphs.com/blogs/i...
 

Fantasy Baseball: Early Mock Draft-Round One Completed

Here's a look at the Fake Teams mixed league early mock draft results for Round 1. This early mock draft is a two round mock, and Ian posted the first pick in Round 2 last evening-Tim Lincecum. 1. Hanley Ramirez 2, Matt Kemp 3. Albert Pujols 4. Alex Rodriguez 5. Chase...
>> www.faketeams.com/2009/11...
 

Fantasy Baseball: Early Mock Draft-Round One Completed

Here's a look at the Fake Teams mixed league early mock draft results for Round 1. This early mock draft is a two round mock, and Ian posted the first pick in Round 2 last evening-Tim Lincecum. 1. Hanley Ramirez 2, Matt Kemp 3. Albert Pujols 4. Alex Rodriguez 5. Chase...
>> www.faketeams.com/2009/11...
 

Fantasy Baseball: Early Mock Draft-Round One Completed

Here's a look at the Fake Teams mixed league early mock draft results for Round 1. This early mock draft is a two round mock, and Ian posted the first pick in Round 2 last evening-Tim Lincecum. 1. Hanley Ramirez 2, Matt Kemp 3. Albert Pujols 4. Alex Rodriguez 5. Chase...
>> www.faketeams.com/2009/11...
 

Wednesday Rockpile: Blue Jays also interested in Yorvit Torrealba; Lincecum's big raise might handcuff Giants

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More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP about 1 month ago: Colorado Rockies' Yorvit Torrealba celebrates his two-run double in the eighth inning of Game 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies in a National League baseball...
>> www.purplerow.com/2009/11...
 

BLS on Turkey Day: What are YOU thankful for in baseball?

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It's a great day here on The Stew as we celebrate what would have been Joe DiMaggio's 95th birthday while also piecing together our Myles Standish costumes for Thanksgiving.We'll be posting Alex Remington's latest stats lesson and our top 10 "big moment" home...
>> sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blo...
 

D12: Could Tim Lincecum be baseball's next $23 million man?

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Welcome to 'Duk's Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12 morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball day. It welcomes your email submissions and tips here or via Twitter. 1. Cue the "better buy stock in Doritos" jokes: Our own Tim Brown reports that Tim...
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Taking a Lesson From Tim Lincecum

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A big topic this off-season will be the focus on Tim Lincecum's first year in arbitration.  Lincecum was designated as a Super Two player, which means he replaces his third league minimum year with an extra year of arbitration, thus starting the arbitration process one year...
>> www.buccofans.com/2009/11...
 

Giants Added 4 to 40 Man Roster; Second-Tier FA; Sign Cain to Extension

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Catching up with some news, the Giants recently added four prospects to their 40 man roster. This was reported at their website by Haft, Baggarly, and Schulman. Here they are in order of where I think they rank in terms of contributing eventually (and also probably in order of contributing...
>> obsessivegiantscompulsive.blogspot.com/2009/11...
 

Fantasy Baseball: Early Mock Draft- Round 2, Pick 1.

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More photos » by Denis Poroy - AP 7 months ago: San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum delivers a pitch in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Sunday, April 12, 2009, in San Diego. (AP Photo...
>> www.faketeams.com/2009/11...
 
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