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San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum asked for a record $21.5 million in salary arbitration. The club has offered him $17 million. Both figures will top Hamels' current record of $15 million. EARLIER: Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels won't be

NEW YORK — San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum headed 142 players filing for arbitration on Friday and is set to ask for a record salary when figures are exchanged next week. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner made $13.1 million last season,

(Nhat V. Meyer/Mercury News) The Giants and Tim Lincecum might have grabbed baseball industry headlines Tuesday when they exchanged record-setting figures in arbitration, but the club made its most declarative investment of the day in All-Star third

Of all the different times of the baseball year, arbitration season has to be my least favorite. It's not even close, really. There's way too much sound.

Tim Lincecum requested $21.5 million and was offered $17 million by the Giants when arbitration figures were exchanged Tuesday. As expected, it shatters the previous record for the highest arbitration request by a player

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