Source: Tim Lincecum agrees to deal with Rangers

[navamind]

Wait. Are you trying to tell me that a pitcher's best seasons improve his overall averages?!

Holy shit, Nava. That's brilliant. I've gotta write this stuff down.

there's a pretty big difference between a 168 ERA+ (his 2nd best) and 127 ERA+ (his 3rd best).

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

three great years isn't a "sure HOFer"

You get two Cy Young awards and the numbers he had that early and you can just be pretty good for about a decade after that and probably make it. I doubt many people thought he wouldn't end up in the Hall back then.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

there's a pretty big difference between a 168 ERA+ (his 2nd best) and 127 ERA+ (his 3rd best).

So, do I need to pay you for these pearls of wisdom?

 

[JohnU]

You get two Cy Young awards and the numbers he had that early and you can just be pretty good for about a decade after that and probably make it. I doubt many people thought he wouldn't end up in the Hall back then.

I recall saying once that Dwight Gooden was probably the best pitcher I'd ever see and at the time, I could not have gotten much argument. I never thought that about Lincecum but, yeah ... it was reasonable for him to be up there with Maddox and that group.

 

[Pure Steel]

Good to see Mitch Kramer from Dazed and Confused get a second chance to pitch again.....

 

[williewilliejuan]

Crazy how that guy went from a sure hall of famer to run of the mill journeyman just overnight.

I think those of us who watched him every day knew he wasn’t going to have a long career arc. He is too small and generated velocity via a funky delivery. Injuries were a question of when, not if.

 

[Voltaire26]

Four use to be pretty good pitchers trying to make a comeback ... who is going to be the best

Tim Lincecum (Rangers)
Anibel Sanchez (Twins)
Jordan Zimmermann (Tigers)
Francisco Liriano (Tigers)

Am I missing anyone?

 

[handicappers]

lincecum and bartolo colon....the best one-two punch in baseball. Look out.

 

[Cedrique]

Good to see Mitch Kramer from Dazed and Confused get a second chance to pitch again.....

Did you hear that little motherfucker's mom pulled a shotgun on me this afternoon?

 

[navamind]

Four use to be pretty good pitchers trying to make a comeback ... who is going to be the best

Tim Lincecum (Rangers)
Anibel Sanchez (Twins)
Jordan Zimmermann (Tigers)
Francisco Liriano (Tigers)

Am I missing anyone?

I actually think Sanchez has the best shot at rebounding of those four... at least as a starter. Sanchez had a bad year, but he did have an awfully high BABIP allowed (though some of that may have been to his fault) and HR/FB rate. He still managed to put up decent K/BB rates. Zimmermann's strikeout rates were never great and now it's been sub-6 over the last two seasons. And he's not exactly a ground ball pitcher. Liriano walks too many for my liking.

 

[Pure Steel]

Did you hear that little motherfucker's mom pulled a shotgun on me this afternoon?

Such a great movie and he really does look like Lincecum.....

 

[Rock Strongo]

good read

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