Up until he signed that deal he was the model of consistency. He had never been hurt and was actually getting better. He had some bone chips in his elbow, but by all accounts he should be ready to go by Spring Training.

The Lincecum deal is typical of the Giants, pay a player for what they've done in a Giants' uniform, not necessarily what you expect them to do in the future. If the Giants didn't have so much money Lincecum, Huff, Scutero, etc would never have gotten these deals. The last big free agent deal the Giants gave out was Zito and they got burned. Everyone else has been developed from their own farm system.