Hamels vs. Lincecum

by Steve Jeltz on Nov 11, 2008 5:08 PM EST

Just to stir the pot a little and satisfy my curiousity...

In light of today's announcement that Tim Lincecum was awarded with the much deserved 2008 Cy Young Award, I pose the following question:

If could have either Cole Hamels or Tim Lincecum on the Phillies next year, who would you choose? The only assumption implicit in this question is that they both would be signed to long term deals at the same salary.

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If could have either Hamels or Lincecum on the Phillies next year, who would you choose?

Hamels. The guy just put the club on his back and brought us a championship.

34 votes

Lincecum. My unquestioned allegiance to the Phillies does not prevent my judgment from telling me that Lincecum is the superior pitcher.

16 votes

50 votes | Poll has closed

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It’s splitting hairs, but here are the reasons I’d lean toward Hamels.

1.) Hamels is lefthanded.
2.) I worry about Lincecum’s health. There’s a lot of talk about Lincecum’s delivery, and while I’ll buy the fact that it’s sound, I’m not buying Bruce Bochy’s management style (guess who was the most abused pitcher last year by a mile?)

Ideally I’d just teach Hamels to throw Lincecum’s 84 mph curveball and unleash my Frankenstein super-pitcher on the league.

by PhillyFriar on Nov 11, 2008 5:43 PM EST 0 recs

Wait – the most abused pitcher in baseball wasn’t on the reds?

by jemagee on Nov 11, 2008 8:30 PM EST 0 recs

I voted for Cole. But that’s with October 2008 in mind. If I hadn’t just seen him excel, sometimes dominate, in the most important games, I’m not sure which way I would have gone. (I do like the Frankenstein super-pitcher idea though.)

by dajafi on Nov 11, 2008 8:38 PM EST 0 recs

WHO DARE VOTE FOR LINCECUM??

by char6587 on Nov 11, 2008 9:41 PM EST 0 recs

right now Lincecum’s stats are better. But….he also pitched against the anemic NL West. I think Cole will put together better career numbers.

by Bilzo on Nov 12, 2008 9:01 PM EST 0 recs

one run games...

if colbert got at minimum one more run per game, his record would be like, (speculating – someone look this up for me?) in the range of 20 wins… in which case, HE gets the coveted cy young award… you go with what you know, not what you ‘could have’… i said halfway thru the season to sell the farm for lincecum… imagine that one two punch – hamels / lincecum… either way king cole just turned in one of the most impressive post-season performances of recent history, bonafide ace – stick with colbert on this one people.

by PHIGHTINPHILS on Nov 13, 2008 2:44 PM EST 0 recs