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RedRooster
I predict he still ends up with the Giants again next year. They are never one to let their hometown heroes just leave.
Slipknot37
If so, I think they should have him start the year in the bullpen
gilgunderson
That’s got to be his future, at whichever team he ends up with.
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
I’m not in the SF area, so this is an honest question – do the fans still hold him in high regard, considering the severe drop in his performance the past couple of seasons?
churchofbaseball
Yes. He’s still loved. 2 cy Youngs and being on the first wave of talent that brought 3 rings to a city starved for one will do that for a guy.
globalmark
Yes. He gave everything he had to the Giants. It’s just a shame that it looks like he won’t be able to take the field again this year so fans can show their appreciation. But they’ve always cheered him — when he won the Cy Youngs and when he struggled. Always a standing ovation no matter what he did.
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
Thank you to both of you for the info. He’s always been a favorite of mine, and it’s nice to see the fans are as classy as I’ve heard.
willi
He’s finished, This is not a Nursing Home, but a Business that is winning baseball Games !
RedRooster
So how come you guys resigned Vogey?
gilgunderson
He was supposed to be a long reliever / tertiary starter, but was pressed into a greater role due to all the other injuries in the rotation. He has had his moments this season, but it looks like his time is up.
Rally Weimaraner
Remember Panda?
Marty McFly
So many good memories of Timmy!!!
jaysfan1994
You can look at Lincecum’s road splits going back to 2012 and look at how bad he’s been on the road.
Ray Ray
I still don’t understand why H/R splits matter so much to some people. Oh I know their reasons, but I don’t understand them. You play half of your games at home. I would much rather have a player that was good for 81 games a year at my home stadium than for 3-9 games a year at a random stadium. As far as equalizing, that’s not true either. The Dodgers and Giants hitters road stats include 9 games at Coors Field every year, but the Rockies hitters road stats do not, and thus Dodger and Giants hitters will invariably have better road stats than Rockies hitters. This would be vice versa for pitchers, if the Rockies had ever put together a talented pitching staff, but for argument’s sake, Clayton Kershaw on the Rockies should have better road stats than Clayton Kershaw on the Dodgers. It’s just a very flawed statistic.
rct
In this particular case, since 2012, Lincecum has pitched 53 road games, with only four of them at Coors. His ERA is near 6. It’s telling. If you’re interested in Lincecum, you have to take into account that his pitching on the road is not good.
Of course, this could be due to a number of factors (specific parks, specific opponents, injuries, maybe he gets tired easier due to travel, maybe he’s more comfortable in SF’s park or more knowledgeable about it, or whatever), but it’s worth looking at.
Joseph Anderson
It only matters in fantasy baseball really. I get what you’re saying and there’s a lot of stats that are thrown out there that don’t actually matter. I do love the “he’s batting .674 on Tuesday’s when he plays in the central timezone, attendance over 15,000, using a black bat with yellow batting gloves and no more than two swipes of the tar on the handle of the bat” stats they give out.
mwk89
A stop to pittsburgh and ray searge could be just the fix for lincecum
Out of place Met fan
would be a very Pirate like move
gilgunderson
It seems clear that the only person who can keep Lincecum’s mechanics straight is his father.
JoeyPankake
I will always love Timmy but barring a miracle of biblical proportions I don’t want to see him throw another pitch in a Giant’s uniform.