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Lincecum Wants To Gamble On One-Year Deal
The back-to-back Cy Young winner is eligible for arbitration for the first time in his young career. Lincecum earned $650,000 in 2009. "As of today, we'll pursue a one-year deal," his agent, Rick Thurman, told the San Francisco Chronicle. A long-term deal with increasing salaries often has a low salary in the first year. Lincecum's camp is trying to take full advantage of the arbitration system. San Francisco Giants Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Voter Explains 10th Place MVP Vote For Middle Reliever AffeldtOne strange name included in the MVP voting was San Francisco middle reliever Jeremy Affeldt. He was included as a 10th place vote by Mercury News beat writer Andrew Baggerly. 'OK, this is my ?sore thumb? vote. And no, I can?t really make an airtight case for Affeldt, a middle reliever, as the 10th most valuable player in the league. Especially when I don?t have Tim Lincecum, or any other pitcher for that matter, on my ballot. (Without glancing at Win Shares, I?d have to believe there are many pitchers who rank way above Affeldt.) In choosing Affeldt, I also bypassed several other worthy candidates. For instance, have you noticed there isn?t a single Dodger on my ballot? But hey, this is my ?prerogative? vote. If it were a three- or even five-slot ballot, I wouldn?t dream of making a ?statement? with my final selection. But this is a ballot that goes 10-deep, we all knew Pujols would win in a landslide, and there?s really no impact anyone can make with their final selection. So I think it?s completely harmless to give a tip of the cap to the relief pitcher who had the lowest ERA in the league while appearing almost exclusively in highly leveraged situations. Affeldt was an MVP in the bullpen, all right. He didn?t allow a run from May 8 to July 24 ? posting 27 scoreless innings over 28 games. He did his job ? a job of ever-increasing dependency ? better than anyone else in the NL, and given all the close games the Giants played, he made a huge impact in their final 88-win record. San Francisco Giants Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Nick Johnson Drawing Plenty Of Interest
Johnson has heard from the Giants, Mariners, Mets and even the Yankees since free agency began. Seattle is talking with Russell Branyan, their 2009 first baseman, who is also a free agent. Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, New York Mets Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Giants Nov 2009 Archive
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Tim Lincecum is looking to sign a one-year deal with the Giants.
Free-agent first baseman Nick Johnson is drawing interest from a number of teams looking for offensive help.