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Giants Reach Deal With Lincecum

Published by on February 12, 2010 | 4 Responses

Our long national nightmare is over. Hot off the presses: The contract is reported to be for two years and $23 million. SI.com reported that Lincecum will receive $8 million in 2010, $13 million in 2011 and a $2 million signing bonus to be split between the two years. Narrowly missing arbitration, Lincecum agrees to a 2-year, $23M deal with… Read more →

Valuing The Rotation

Published by on August 12, 2008 | 4 Responses

A quick post today on Wins Above Replacement and our starting rotation. Tango has a nice post on how to calculate it and some other concepts associated with WAR. WAR is wins above replacement.  Replacement is defined very specifically for my purposes: it’s the talent level for which you would pay the minimum salary on the open market, or for… Read more →