He has less than half of the typical pitcher WAR threshold. His peak was two years long and was on the back of the dumbest run environment in recent history. If Johan Santana could only muster up 10 votes and was off the ballot in a year it would be offensive for Lincecum to garner any serious consideration.
I am definitely not mad about those three giant teams always getting hot and performing when it mattered and winning 3 titles
Lincecum is a hall of very good guy. He had a HoF peak but not nearly the longevity. He's only even eligible because the Angels let him throw 38 innings, otherwise he wouldn't have 10 seasons.
I guess we’re gonna have to wipe out a lot of Yankees titles too then because y’all have cheated for over a century.
Big Market Baseball Writer Industrial Complex is going to be so mad when they realize they are totally in the dark with how Stearns operates.
I was at a Mexican restaurant this past weekend and they had photos up of celebrities who'd been in the place over the years they had a framed one of Verdugo with a caption "2015 LA Dodgers Minor League Player of the Year" and it cracked me up Bill Clinton Enrique Iglesias Sandra Day O'Connor Alex Verdugo
Joel Wolfe, Stanton’s agent, is now coming to his client’s defense and warning others — Wolfe also represents Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is set to be posted this offseason — about playing in New York. “I think it’s a good reminder for all free agents considering signing in New York both foreign and domestic that to play for that team you’ve got to be made of Teflon, both mentally and physically because you can never let your guard down even in the offseason,” Wolfe told The Athletic.