Skip to content

Angels announce deal with Lincecum

Bob Stanton / USA TODAY Sports

Things are about to get Freaky in Anaheim.

Tim Lincecum, the two-time Cy Young award winner who spent the last nine years with the San Francisco Giants, finalized a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, more than eight months after undergoing hip surgery.

Lincecum, who reportedly passed an extremely thorough physical exam Thursday, will earn a pro-rated base salary of $2.5 million with another $1.7 million available through performance bonuses, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network.

Once considered among the most dominant starters in baseball, the former first-round pick has struggled over the last four seasons amid a marked decline in velocity. A fixture in San Francisco's rotation since his 2007 rookie campaign, Lincecum lost his starting job late in 2014 and made just 15 starts last year before undergoing his season-ending hip procedure.

Split ERA WHIP K% HR/9
2007-2011 2.98 1.19 26.5% 0.58
2012-2015 4.68 1.40 21.6% 1.02

At a showcase for prospective suitors earlier this month, though, Lincecum found some of the velocity he had lost in recent seasons - he topped out at 92 mph - and scouts were reportedly impressed with his changeup and curveball.

"I'm happy. I was able to throw strikes on my pitches, stay within myself. I commanded all of my pitches," Lincecum said at the time. "I only had a couple misses, and they weren't (over the) middle of the plate, so that's encouraging for me."

Lincecum, who turns 32 next month, will join a decimated pitching staff likely to be without Garrett Richards and Andrew Heaney for the remainder of the season, with murky timetables for potential returns from C.J. Wilson and Tyler Skaggs.

Daily Newsletter

Get the latest trending sports news daily in your inbox