Lincecum Close To Signing With Angels

[RallyPanda]

1 minute ago, Punk said:

Tim Lincecum bong giveaway please.

 

WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT????

[Punk]

1 minute ago, RallyPanda said:

WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT????

Photoshop lol

[Angelsjunky]

[RallyPanda]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/70744/tim-lincecum-unlikely-to-provide-big-rotation-lift-for-angels

 

Dave Schoenfield of ESPN is saying he's not gonna do much to help our "4.3% chance of making the playoffs."

[LAA Road Tripper]

1 hour ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

If the Farm system wasn't so beyond bad it would be worth trying to improve cause they'd have the farm system to make trades to bring in high quality talent.

but since the farm is so bad they might as well use this injury ruined season to get a good draft position and reload the farm with high picks in each round as well as moving Santiago, Escobar, Smith at the deadline for prospects.

I, along with the rest of any breathing mammal, agree that the farm needs a complete overhaul. And even though I'd would love to be proven wrong, I  don't think this team has enough talent to compete this year. That said, Lincecum is a low risk, high upside deal. But even so, MLB isn't the NBA or NFL. Tanking to gain better draft position probably won't mean a whole lot anyway. The trick is to just draft well from whatever position they're in and augment that with good international signings all supported by good scouting and analytics. After they do that, hope really well.

[Jay]

2 minutes ago, RallyPanda said:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/70744/tim-lincecum-unlikely-to-provide-big-rotation-lift-for-angels

 

Dave Schoenfield of ESPN is saying he's not gonna do much to help our "4.3% chance of making the playoffs."

Well that settles it, ESPN says he won't be of any help.

[tomsred]

ESPN is always right.

[stormngt]

3 hours ago, floplag said:

i dont get this i really dont, its such mixed signals.  Why bother with this after passing one so many other options to help the club?
Does he suddenly put us back in the race somehow?  i doubt it, still cant hit.  
Are they going to try to spin him but he signs with us for a ML deal?

color me confused. 

I think we should pass.  The season is loss.  Our elimination number is 125.

[Chuck]

33 minutes ago, RallyPanda said:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/70744/tim-lincecum-unlikely-to-provide-big-rotation-lift-for-angels

 

Dave Schoenfield of ESPN is saying he's not gonna do much to help our "4.3% chance of making the playoffs."

That's the same dipshit who thinks we should trade Mike Trout. 

[kingsosha]

nice signing. mark mulder next please thank you

[JAHV76]

46 minutes ago, Punk said:

Tim Lincecum bong giveaway please.

 

They could do a promotion with Vans.

 

[Kenny]

22 minutes ago, RallyPanda said:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/70744/tim-lincecum-unlikely-to-provide-big-rotation-lift-for-angels

 

Dave Schoenfield of ESPN is saying he's not gonna do much to help our "4.3% chance of making the playoffs."

Not gonna read that, but how many times does he mention trading Trout?

[Pujols4MVP]

I guess now after every loss they can say "Light up the bong cause we need to forget about that loss !"

1 hour ago, Punk said:

Tim Lincecum bong giveaway please.

 

 

[OregonLAA]

I've always liked Lincecum. Can't wait to see him make a start for the Angels. I'm not getting my hopes up that he's saving our season or anything but he should be fun to watch. And he's currently better than 2 of our own

[Angelsjunky]

Lincecum is not "low-risk, high-upside." He's "low-risk, decent upside."

He'll never recapture his 2008-09 Cy Young form, or even his 2010-11 #2 form. For four seasons now he's been a solid #4-5 starter, which is better than Shoemaker. So basically the Angels would be replacing a "#6 starter" with a #4-5 guy. We shouldn't expect more than that.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, elixir said:

Its like getting Jared weaver,  damaged goods 

If Jared could throw 91 mph.

[MacNasty]

21 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Lincecum is not "low-risk, high-upside." He's "low-risk, decent upside."

He'll never recapture his 2008-09 Cy Young form, or even his 2010-11 #2 form. For four seasons now he's been a solid #4-5 starter, which is better than Shoemaker. So basically the Angels would be replacing a "#6 starter" with a #4-5 guy. We shouldn't expect more than that.

I'll take it!!!

[Blarg]

It does not appear he signing anything today.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Geoff said:

He'll be a 1%-er. 

occupy state college blvd!!

[Lou]

7 hours ago, floplag said:

i dont get this i really dont, its such mixed signals.  Why bother with this after passing one so many other options to help the club?
Does he suddenly put us back in the race somehow?  i doubt it, still cant hit.  
Are they going to try to spin him but he signs with us for a ML deal?

color me confused. 

Have you noticed 4 of our starters are injured and 2 of our healthy starters are named Shoemaker and Weaver? 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Have you noticed 4 of our starters are injured and 2 of our healthy starters are named Shoemaker and Weaver? 

Flop wants management to give up because they aren't a championship caliber team.  

[Chuck]

Flop, quit flopping. The season has a ton of games to be played still. 

[disarcina]

"Lincecum hasn't done ANYTHING in THREE years to make me think he's better than what we already have...."

Lincecum may or may not have much left and may or may not help the Halos -  but he did have some quality starts in 2013 and 2014 -- in 2014 his work out of the pen during the post-season was stellar and helped lead the SF Giants to the World Series championship season.  He also had some quality starts in '14 -- particularly earlier in the season.....in 2013 he had some very good starts along with some real bombs -- he was consistently inconsistent that season.  In 2015 he was sort of the 'forgotten' guy on the Giants roster, spent DL time and was getting knocked around a lot when he pitched.

IF, a big IF, he passes the physical, it's off the SLC and if all goes well, I could see him up with the Halos either right before or right after the All Star break.

 

[yamsi12]

FWIW Lincecum also threw no-hitters in 2013 & 2014.

[vlad27]

I like it - why not give him a shot - could be good for us