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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2011, file photo, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum delivers against the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San Francisco. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner and the Giants have reached a verbal agreement on a two-year contract worth $40.5 million. The deal includes a $500,000 signing bonus, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, speaking on condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced.
FILE – In this Sept. 14, 2011, file photo, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum delivers against the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San Francisco. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner and the Giants have reached a verbal agreement on a two-year contract worth $40.5 million. The deal includes a $500,000 signing bonus, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, speaking on condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced.
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Tim Lincecum, left, thought about the seismic shifts of baseball’s offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League. “I think it’s great,” San Francisco’s two-time Cy Young Award winner joked. “I won’t have to pitch to them anymore.” There’s been lot of changes since St. Louis defeated the Rangers to win the World Series — the 14 American League teams have spent $776.8 million on major-league contracts for players who became free agents after the Series and the National League’s 16 clubs have committed $597.3 million.

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