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East Coast Bias
Look at those stats… this guy is a freak!
nzmrmn
Give him the Golden Gate Bridge if he wants it.
Encarnacion's Parrot
$80mil? That’s a lot of weed for him to smoke. Worth every penny!
Andrew Sapiro
I hope the Giants have a plan when it comes to Timmy, it seems like this would be the year/offseason he gets an extension since his previous deal expires.
jwsox
he would easily top CC’s deal if he hit the open market. With his age and the fact that he has shown with that funky pitching motion that he can stay healthy. Some thing along the lines of 10 yrs 200 mill…I know it seems like a lot but only 20 mill a season is easy for a team that has shown in the past few years its committed to winning. 10 years might be long but it takes him into his prime and he becomes a FA at 36 so it would be easier to resign him if healthy. But at the same time I could see a 5 for 100. he is 31 maybe 32(depending on what month he was born) and he could get another massive pay day
Andrew Sapiro
What would you give Matt Cain? He’s a year younger than Tim, and arguably more durable. Statistically, his results and ERA over his career speak for themselves.
cards2WS
I’d give him 100-110 mil over 6 years with a 16-17 mil team option for a 7th year. Also a 3 mil buyout for the option.
AmericanMovieFan
That stuff about his rising ERA and peripherals are excuses to not pay the man, but he will be paid. I think the Giants should give him 10 years/$200MM. It’s market rate for his talents and keeps his price down in the future. It makes a ton of sense. Any massive deal is a risk (look at Mauer) but it’s worth it in the likelihood that someone stays good.
Ferrariman
you never, EVER commit that kind of years to a pitcher. beyond foolish.
gornie
you never, EVER, draft an undersized pitcher to be the cornerstone of your pitching staff and face of your franchise. it’s beyond foolish to dream it could work out to the tune of 2 cy youngs and a world series ring in his first 3 full seasons.
bjsguess
Just because one decision panned out doesn’t mean the next will.
Could Lincecum stay healthy and pitch to the expectations of a $200m contract? Sure. Odds that he will – maybe 20%.
If you like those odds go ahead and do the deal. Personally, history has shown me that making a long bet on ANY player, especially a pitcher, usually bites the team in the backside.
BlueSkyLA
I totally agree. Anything beyond four or five years for a pitcher is a bonus paid to the player, and maybe a strategy to keep him from signing with a competitor. I also don’t entirely understand the concept of an “extension candidate.” Under team control or otherwise, no player is going sign an extension for much less than his free agent market value.
Rabbitov
Just make sure there’s an In-N-Out Burger clause in his contract and its golden.
Beatofficer
As long as the contract makes it so he’ll never be in another teams uniform, I’m fine.
Lunchbox45
one of my fave pitchers of all time
seriously it feels like he’s been around for 10 years already .
He’s so good, yet I feel like he’s overcome all odds. bup
bjsguess
If the deal will be for 5 years then you can expect it to start at $100m. Assuming another typical Lincecum year, the guy would be in line for $16m or so in 2012, maybe $20m in 2013 (via arbitration). The other 3 years would be at $21-22m each. Seems about right.
I actually like this from the Giants perspective. They aren’t saving a ton of money vs going to year to year BUT they limit their exposure to just 3 FA years and will have him under control for his prime. You can always re-evaluate where things stand after 2016.
Jays All The Way
Oh JP you idiot why didn’t you just trade rios away. You could have had 2 cy youngs nut instead you had an overpaid outfielder in rios
Pawsdeep
Pay the man. He’s worth it, espicially considering he will be 27 at the end of the year. Dude will be worth whatever the giants have to spend.
BlueSkyLA
As a Dodger fan, I truly hope the Giants give Lincecum an insane deal like for ten years, at what it would cost to lock him up for that many years ($200m).
Bust A Posey
Two things in the giants have that Timmy loves
1) pitchers park
2) he likes to pitch in cold weather
Giants need both Cain an big tim
Martin Wayne Guerrero
And lots and lots of sticky green weed
I think he should get a 6Y/100M deal hed be 33-34 when its done so thats his prime rite there. He could sign another semi big deal when that ones done like Cliff Lee.
iheartyourfart
sabean will sign him to $140m-ish deal…. and when he gets old and ineffective a $150mil deal hoping he can recapture the magic
bballplayer21
People who say Lincecum should get 200 million are insane. He is my favorite player but the only player you give 200 million too is Albert Pujols. Lincecum is the best pitcher in baseball and deserves a good contract, but he is a pitcher, and pitchers can easily get seriously injured and never be the same. You never commit that much money to a pitcher.
alphabet_soup5
Roy Halladay, among others, would like to have a discussion with you on who the best pitcher in baseball is.