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tworoosters
The rationale is that Lincecum obviously would've won his arbitration hearing for $13 million and then racked up a 3rd Cy Young type season and been good for $16-$20 million in 2011 so his agents left $6-$10 million on the table .
Seems perfectly logical to me, I mean young pitchers with perfect mechanics never get hurt .
Lincecum's Deal
February 13, 2010 at 07:00PM View BBCode
So the blogospheres and twitterworlds are all abuzz about how Tim Lincecum got robbed for accepting a two year $23 million deal from the Giants.The rationale is that Lincecum obviously would've won his arbitration hearing for $13 million and then racked up a 3rd Cy Young type season and been good for $16-$20 million in 2011 so his agents left $6-$10 million on the table .
Seems perfectly logical to me, I mean young pitchers with perfect mechanics never get hurt .
shep1582
bags and biggio signed for less than market value cause they loved Houston.
February 13, 2010 at 08:05PM View BBCode
some athletes still just wanna play ball.bags and biggio signed for less than market value cause they loved Houston.
bpearly69
February 13, 2010 at 08:24PM View BBCode
Yeah, if he stays healthy and puts up numbers over these two years, hopefully the Giants can lock him up long term
dirtdevil
February 13, 2010 at 08:31PM View formatted
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maybe he would have won, maybe he wouldn't have. but this way he gets an amount pretty close to what he was asking for, reduces his earnings risk in case of an injury somewhat, protects his free agent years and preserves an aimicable relationship with his team and their fans. as deals that avoid arbitration inevitably invovle a dollar figure in the mid-point of the two submissions, i don't really see where he's made a poor decision.
DwightKSchrute
February 13, 2010 at 10:25PM View BBCode
It should be pointed out that Lincecum's frame and wind up would seem to lend themselves to injury. There's no debate that when he's on he's great though.
happy
February 16, 2010 at 09:38PM View BBCode
the guy is 26 and has won back to back Cy Youngs, that makes me think 2 years 23 million is an incredible steal no matter what the injury potential is.
cubfan531
February 17, 2010 at 03:27AM View BBCode
I just love the fact that the Giants had $8 million, Lincecum asked for 13, both teams got their way.
BKCUBS13
February 17, 2010 at 05:25AM View BBCode
Its espn insider, so if i put the link i don't think you guys would haven been able to read it, so i had to do the old copy and paste
shep1582
this article says not every great young pitcher will have a long and successful career.
this is insight you can only get from the "worldwide leader".
February 17, 2010 at 06:14AM View BBCode
wow, earthshattering.this article says not every great young pitcher will have a long and successful career.
this is insight you can only get from the "worldwide leader".
BKCUBS13
February 17, 2010 at 06:18AM View BBCode
Fine whatever, nobody gets to read it now. Success
FuriousGiorge
February 17, 2010 at 06:31AM View BBCode
Don't let Shep get to you. I certainly appreciated you sticking it to the man.
BKCUBS13
Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! :(
[Edited on 2-17-2010 by BKCUBS13]
February 17, 2010 at 06:05PM View BBCode
"Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with that little hat on?"Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! :(
[Edited on 2-17-2010 by BKCUBS13]
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