Tim Lincecum was never supposed to last this long. But he was never supposed to go away so soon.
He was too small and too funky, and he was never going to endure. Then he was a two-time Cy Young winner and a World Series champion, and he was going to be a San Francisco Giant forever.
He scared away so many scouts that five college pitchers were drafted ahead of him in 2006 (Greg Reynolds? Brad Lincoln? Brandon Morrow?). But he convinced the Giants to the point that they offered him $100 million for five years (he said no).