Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Poll: Will The Giants Extend Tim Lincecum?: - MLBTradeRumors.com



Strangely, the poll was running about 2:1 against the Giants re-upping Timmy. Given his slow start, and it seems like this is an annual thing, maybe that was an influence. There's been a persistent storyline leading Timmy back home to Washington (Seattle) to finish out his career. Who knows at this point?

It seems to me that if you went to the mat to sign Cain, you should put at least as much (or more) effort into Timmy.

Maybe the slow start is related to the shorter hair. A little Sampson complex. The hair will grow back and Timmy will be back dominating batters in no time. He didn't just forget how to pitch this last off-season.

From mlbtraderumors.com:
Poll: Will The Giants Extend Tim Lincecum?: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:

"Poll: Will The Giants Extend Tim Lincecum?
By Zach Links [April 22, 2012 at 9:00pm CST]
Last week the Giants announced a five-year extension for Madison Bumgarner that will keep the left-hander in the fold through 2017 and could keep him in place through 2019 with a pair of options.  The deal guarantees the hurler $35MM over five years and sets a record for pitchers with one-plus years of MLB service.  The 22-year-old is now locked up for years to come alongside Matt Cain, but there's still the matter of addressing Tim Lincecum's future.

The two-time Cy Young winner is under team control through 2013 and the two sides haven't made a great deal of progress towards a new deal in recent months.  Some see the long-term contracts for Bumgarner and Cain as preparation for Lincecum's eventual departure.  Others contend that while San Francisco has committed a great deal of money to the two pitchers, it has little bearing on whether the club will iron out a deal with The Freak.  As it stands today, do you see the Giants extending Lincecum?"
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