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Originally Posted by Berger

Lincecum apparently available this offseason.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/ml...cum-available-

Denied by Sabean.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/stor...an-nlcs-game-6

“Timmy is going to be a Giant,” Sabean told the San Francisco Chronicle before Sunday’s Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lincecum has one year remaining on a two-year, $40.5 million contract and is due to make $22 million next season.

Lincecum’s strikeout rate was still good this season (9.19 per nine innings), but Sabean said Lincecum will have to accept a new identity because he doesn’t have the same swing-and-miss stuff he did when he was younger.

Sabean also said Lincecum will need to tweak his mechanics, something Lincecum has been unwilling to do in the past.

“This is more a function of (being) willing to accept the delivery he’s going to use to be successful,” Sabean told the Chronicle. “He’s going to have to pitch more to contact. No matter what his strikeout ratio is, he’s not going to miss many bats.”

Lincecum has said he plans to change his offseason workout routine and possibly add weight before next spring training. He’s bulked up in the past, and he also has dropped weight; in both instances he ended up pitching fine for the most part during the season.



Tim should put on 30 lbs and stop smoking weed.