All quiet on Tim Lincecum contract front, but Giants say talks with Matt Cain have been “healthy, ongoing” | Extra Baggs

Good news for Giants fans. It seems like down the road we may have to reconcile the staff to include Lincum OR Cain rather than Lincecum AND Cain, but this may have pushed that date down the road a little bit.

Lincecum, Giants agreed to $40.5M, 2-year deal

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/012412_Lincecum_Giants_agreed_to_405M_2-year_deal.html



All quiet on Tim Lincecum contract front, but Giants say talks with Matt Cain have been “healthy, ongoing” | Extra Baggs:

"The Giants are known to prefer a four-year structure that would take Lincecum through arbitration and buy out his first two seasons of free agency. Lincecum’s camp has preferred a one- or two-year deal that would preserve his ability to hit the open market after the 2013 season, although they proposed an eight-year structure that the club had no interest in pursuing.

The Giants have been just as public in their desire to wrap up a long-term extension with Matt Cain, who is under contract for $15 million this season but will be a free agent at the end of the year. Unlike Lincecum, Cain isn’t tied to the arbitration schedule. So there was the assumption the Giants might wait until after they clear their arbitration docket (they have Angel Pagan, Melky Cabrera, Sergio Romo, NAte Schierholtz, Santiago Casilla and others to prepare for, too) before turning their attention to Cain.

But as Evans told me today, “Hey, I can multitask.”"