Lince-done

[mulwin444]

I want to thank Eppler for attempting to give us old Angels fan a shot of 80's/90's nostalgia and bringing us back to a time when the signing of washed up vets like Tim Belcher or Jack McDowell was a buzz-worthy event for the franchise but enough is enough.  There are actually 24 other guys more talented on the roster still attempting to win baseball games and trotting the zombie corpse of Tim Lincecum every 5th day has got to be tough for them to stomach 

Eppler, time to do the right thing...fill Timmy's bowl with something purple and sticky and break the news to him gently that there are currently ball boys snagging fly's between innings that have a better chance of giving us a quality start

[Docwaukee]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=30&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=1961&ind=1&team=1&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=16,d

for any pitcher in franchise history with more than 30ip.  378 total.  We're witnessing history.  

[TroutCron]

I don't need analytics to show me hoe bad Timmy is. My eyes work just fine. Between he and Nolasco you would need a ten man bullpen. Nice early career Timmy, but dude you are toast!

[Dick B Back]

12 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=30&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=1961&ind=1&team=1&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=16,d

for any pitcher in franchise history with more than 30ip.  378 total.  We're witnessing history.  

There's some historically bad folks on that list. Brings back a lot of ugly memories... thanks Doc!

[Docwaukee]

Just for kicks, I looked up Timmy's run here relative to the entire history of baseball.

So if he were to be let go right now, he'd have a 9.16 era in 38.1ip.  

For any player with an equal or greater number  of innings, this would rank as the 19th worst single season stretch in the history of baseball.   Close to 18,000 pitching seasons qualified.  

 

 

[Angels#1Fan]

Ouch!

[yamsi12]

but he settled down after the 1st inning......

[arch stanton]

2. Abbot, 3. Springer who was acquired in the Abbot trade. Double bonus.

[NrM]

What the fuck has lincecum done to earn this much playing time for the Angels? He's been awful for going on 5 years now.

[Ohtaniland]

Tim Lincecum lives in Seattle so he may as well just skip the flight to Chicago call it a career.

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

What the fuck has lincecum done to earn this much playing time for the Angels? He's been awful for going on 5 years now.

He's the beneficiary of pitching on a team with no pitchers. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Freak, out.

[NrM]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

He's the beneficiary of pitching on a team with no pitchers. 

Kyle Kendrick can't be any worse. He's actually been pretty good in Salt Lake.

[Ohtaniland]

Schlonged.

[Stradling]

Oh I don't care who pitches, Lincecum is done. This will be his last start as an Angel.

[bloodbrother]

Lincy is trying to find himself out there on the mound. He's getting close

[ukyah]

great job of scouting. what are they looking for? 

it seems like if you wanted to sign a dude off the scrap heap, then you'd bring him in, face some live batters and see if he can get anybody out. the results couldn't conceivably have been that different.

[Ohtaniland]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Oh I don't care who pitches, Lincecum is done. This will be his last start as an Angel.

I think they should DFA him and give someone else some MLB experience. There's nothing to gain by keeping him at this point.

[Ohtaniland]

4 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Lincy is trying to find himself out there on the mound. He's getting close

Lincy needs to play Pokemon Go. 

[ELEVEN]

Linecum/Kendrick/Nolasco in 2017!

[tdawg87]

Weaver is gonna lose his bong buddy.

[Second Base]

Sucks to see Lincecum like this.

[yamsi12]

56 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Lincy needs to play Pokemon Go. 

From the looks of it he is.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

1 hour ago, bloodbrother said:

Lincy is trying to find himself out there on the mound. He's getting close

Thanks, Mike.

[Oz27]

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Just for kicks, I looked up Timmy's run here relative to the entire history of baseball.

So if he were to be let go right now, he'd have a 9.16 era in 38.1ip.  

For any player with an equal or greater number  of innings, this would rank as the 19th worst single season stretch in the history of baseball.   Close to 18,000 pitching seasons qualified.  

 

 

I'd argue it's even worse than that. Sorting by OPS allowed, it is the second worst season of all time (minimum 35 IP). His 1.136 OPS allowed is topped only by someone called Frank LaCorte, who pitched for Atlanta in 1977. LaCorte's was 20 points worse. By OBP, Lincecum is the fourth worst ever. His .435 BABIP is the highest of all time - and let's not pretend it's bad luck, his BABIP is sky high because teams are smashing him. His 2.37 WHIP is the fifth highest ever and the highest in 39 years.

Worst of all though, his OPS+ allowed coming into today was 205. BR hasn't updated it to the new mark and it obviously got worse today. Nevertheless, that is the worst of all time. No pitcher who tossed at least 35 innings in a season has ever been worse. It is not an exaggeration to say we are witnessing the worst pitching season of all time.