Lincecum

[FabulousFabregas]

[mulwin444]

His signing reminds of the Angels teams of the '90s when we we'd have Jack McDowell, Joe Megrane, Tim Belcher, etc on the roster getting their last shot before retirement.  Some ugly, ugly starts back then...

[TroutCron]

Time for the Indy League. Guy is washed up.

[HaloNation]

every team passed on him but some genius in the office decided to throw away money

 

 

awesome

 

[Ohtaniland]

Clear desperation on the part of the Angels. Dude is toast.

[FabulousFabregas]

4 minutes ago, HaloNation said:

every team passed on him but some genius in the office decided to throw away money

 

 

awesome

 

I don't fault the Angels for giving him a shot.  Guys like Kazmir and Colon who looked like they were toast made comebacks and ended up being just as good as they were before.

[The God of Runs]

Scioscia likes the way the ball is coming out of his hand

[gotbeer]

At this point, you just let him ride it out and improve our draft position. 

Of course even if we improve our draft position, doesn't mean we won't draft the toolsy high schooler with upside, probably 10 picks too early.

[Oz27]

Even from his first start it was clear this wouldn't end well. He is throwing softer than at every point in his carry when he has been successful and hasn't improved anything else enough to make up for it. He's done, unfortunately.

[DMVol]

Giants maybe knew what they were doing....but I guess it was worth a shot.....

[Chuck]

It was a good story. Much like Mulder was. If he actually pitched 

[Billy_Ball]

Fernando Valenzuela in 1991.....

[LooneyPlatoons]

I was really looking forward to what Mulder could have done before messing up his achilles

[LooneyPlatoons]

3 hours ago, mulwin444 said:

His signing reminds of the Angels teams of the '90s when we we'd have Jack McDowell, Joe Megrane, Tim Belcher, etc on the roster getting their last shot before retirement.  Some ugly, ugly starts back then...

Maybe Lincecum needs a jolt.  The kind Belcher got when he was jump kicked in the head by Chan Ho Park.

[Erstad Grit]

3 hours ago, mulwin444 said:

His signing reminds of the Angels teams of the '90s when we we'd have Jack McDowell, Joe Megrane, Tim Belcher, etc on the roster getting their last shot before retirement.  Some ugly, ugly starts back then...

More like when we signed Willis and Mulder. 

[notherhalo]

Is he preventing us from signing anyone of relevance in the future?  It was some fun in the midst of the not fun stuff.

This has got to be the strongest argument for "its not your money" that I have seen.  Some people just like to complain,

[m0nkey]

5 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

More like when we signed Willis and Mulder. 

Those were minor league signings who weren't expected to do anything for the major league team

[Troll Daddy]

He may or may not be done. 

[Ohtaniland]

He's just not the same without his long hair. 

[ettin]

He's not done at all in my opinion. His K%-BB% tonight was nearly 30%!!!!

There is a real issue with Tim and right handed hitters. I wonder if he's tipping his pitches and righties are seeing it well? His walk rate and hit rate against right-handed hitters is just God awful but against left-hander's he's doing pretty well.

I have a strong feeling this is something he can possibly fix or at least mitigate with time but hey I'm not a pitching coach so wtf do I know....

[Tank]

in his last three starts: 12 IP, 14 ER.

that's slightly better than dino ebel during BP. slightly.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, The God of Runs said:

Scioscia likes the way the ball is coming out of his hand

you have to call him Lincy and say "the ball was out of lincy's hand well."

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 hours ago, Tank said:

in his last three starts: 12 IP, 14 ER.

that's slightly better than dino ebel during BP. slightly.

....tank, even in BP we cant put up 14 runs

[Stradling]

7 hours ago, Tank said:

in his last three starts: 12 IP, 14 ER.

that's slightly better than dino ebel during BP. slightly.

Well it's better because Ebel is pitching to Angel hitters.

[fan_since79]

8 hours ago, Tank said:

in his last three starts: 12 IP, 14 ER.

that's slightly better than dino ebel during BP. slightly.

He's scuffling a little and working on some things.