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Tim Lincecum -
San Francisco Giants
Age: 28
Position Eligibility:
SP-33
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Last Update: 5/19/2013
| System | Position | Team | IP | W | L | Saves | ERA | WHIP | K | Walks | Value |
| Composite | SP | SF | 182 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3.61 | 1.28 | 187 | 73 | $11 |
| RotoChamp | SP | SF | 210 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.90 | 1.35 | 217 | 92 | $3 |
| Steamer-Razzball | SP | SF | 158 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3.82 | 1.29 | 150 | 63 | $7 |
| FanGraphs Fans | SP | SF | 200 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3.62 | 1.28 | 208 | 80 | $8 |
| ZIPS | SP | SF | 189 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3.67 | 1.31 | 194 | 78 | $10 |
| CAIRO | SP | SF | 196 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3.71 | 1.28 | 209 | 81 | $12 |
| ROS (BETA) | SP | SF | 153 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3.94 | 1.35 | 160 | 66 | $1 |
| Current | SP | SF | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.75 | 1.43 | 56 | 25 | $-9 |
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| Season | G | IP | W | L | Saves | ERA | WHIP | K | BB | FIP | xFIP |
| 2012 | 33 | 186 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 5.18 | 1.47 | 190 | 90 | 4.18 | 3.81 |
| 2011 | 33 | 217 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2.74 | 1.21 | 220 | 86 | 3.17 | 3.36 |
| 2010 | 33 | 212 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.43 | 1.27 | 231 | 76 | 3.15 | 3.21 |
| 2009 | 32 | 225 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2.48 | 1.05 | 261 | 68 | 2.34 | 2.87 |
| 2008 | 34 | 227 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2.62 | 1.17 | 265 | 84 | 2.62 | 3.17 |
| 2007 | 24 | 146 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4.00 | 1.28 | 150 | 65 | 3.63 | 3.92 |
Abreu, Tony
Affeldt, Jeremy
Arias, Joaquin
Belt, Brandon
Blackburn, Clayton
Blanco, Gregor
Brown, Gary
Bumgarner, Madison
Burriss, Manny
Cain, Matt
Casilla, Santiago
Crawford, Brandon
Crick, Kyle
Hembree, Heath
Hensley, Clay
Kontos, George
Lincecum, Tim
Lopez, Javier
Mijares, Jose
Pagan, Angel
Panik, Joe
Pence, Hunter
Pill, Brett
Posey, Buster
Ramirez, Ramon
Romo, Sergio
Sanchez, Hector
Sandoval, Pablo
Scutaro, Marco
Stratton, Chris
Torres, Andres
Vogelsong, Ryan
Zito, Barry
Verlander, Justin - DET
Kershaw, Clayton - LAD
Strasburg, Stephen - WAS
Price, David - TB
Cain, Matt - SF
Dickey, R.A. - TOR
Lee, Cliff - PHI
Weaver, Jered - LAA
Hamels, Cole - PHI
Hernandez, Felix - SEA
Gonzalez, Gio - WAS
Medlen, Kris - ATL
Sabathia, CC - NYY
Sale, Chris - CWS
Bumgarner, Madison - SF
Cueto, Johnny - CIN
Wainwright, Adam - STL
Fister, Doug - DET
Harvey, Matt - NYM
Latos, Mat - CIN
Ogando, Alexi - TEX
Shields, James - KAN
Zimmermann, Jordan - WAS
Darvish, Yu - TEX
Scherzer, Max - DET
Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove Says:
Key Stats: Two months into the season last year, everybody thought the two-time defending Cy Young champion was a shell of his former stuff. Some people thought he had lost too much velocity off his fastball due to his high-effort pitching delivery. Others thought he was out of shape and needed to focus on conditioning in the offseason. While it’s true that he wasn’t quite the pitcher he was the prior two years, people lost sight of the fact that the “Freak” was still one of the best pitchers in the league. Check out the numbers – 3.43 ERA, 231 Ks, 1.27 WHIP and 16 Ws. He was even better in the playoffs with a 2.43 ERA, 4 wins, 43 Ks in 37 innings and one of the most dominating playoff pitching performances of all time, a 2-hit 14 K shutout against the Braves. Tim Lincecum’s season can best be summarized by the famous quote attributed to Mark Twain, “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”
Skeptics Say: Critics raise a few red flags when talking about Lincecum.
First, they point out that there has been a decline in his fastball velocity. Linecum’s average fastball velocity has dropped over the last two years – it was 94.2 MPH in 2008, 92.4 MPH in 2009 and 91.3 MPH. All other things constant, the drop in Lincecum’s fastball velocity would normally hinder his performance. However, everything else isn’t constant. Lincecum has developed and learned to rely on his offspeed pitches more – particularly his changeup and his slider – and has become more of a groundball pitcher. Consequently, he’s as effective now as he was when he won his first Cy Young in 2008.
Second, writers and fans have criticized Tim Lincecum for his conditioning. If the Freak’s condition was really subpar, you’d expect his late season performance would suffer. From September on last year (including the playoffs), he had a 2.17 ERA in 78.2 innings with 95 Ks (10.87 K/9) and averaged over seven innings per start. The numbers speak for themselves – the Freak’s conditioning is not a problem.
Finally, some people believe Lincecum’s high effort delivery make him susceptible to injury. I’m not a pitching coach nor a doctor, so I can’t debate the merits of this claim. With that said, Lincecum has never been injured and he doesn’t rely on his slider and curve – both of which are harder on the arm than a fastball and changeup – as much as a lot of elite pitchers. Therefore, I would not apply any “injury risk discount” to Lincecum in fantasy drafts.
Projection: I think you’ll see more of the dominance that Lincecum demonstrated towards the end of last season and through the postseason than the performance he had up until September last year.
2. 83 ERA, 17 Ws, 1.18 WHIP, and 240 Ks in 220 innings.
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