Brad Lincoln On The Hot Seat

A nice short piece from Bleacher Report (no, really) about Lincoln's predicament coming into spring training. Has some interesting information about his post-draft handling by the Pirates, in case you need another reason to hate Dave Littlefield.

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Sorry I took this off the front page — I just didn’t want us to get slammed if something from this turns out to be thoroughly wrong or something. I did look at it, and it is fairly well written, but I can’t trust anything from Bleacher Report.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Feb 21, 2012 9:54 PM EST reply actions

fair enough

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by WHYG Zane Smith on Feb 21, 2012 10:20 PM EST up reply actions

Some information, but Lincoln is probably not “on the hot seat”. I am pretty sure that if he is not in the top 5, he will go to AAA and start, ready to step in if Bedard (OK, not going to say it) or if Correia is good (trade bait) or bad.
Got to hope Lincoln turns it around, but at least he is a better option than Burris.

by NHpiratefan on Feb 21, 2012 10:04 PM EST reply actions

Seems like they’re saying Lincoln is on the roster bubble and at a bit of a crossroads in his career, which seems fair to me.

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by WHYG Zane Smith on Feb 21, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions

Agree. I read it as hot seat in terms of how the rest of his career will go. If he wins the battle for #5, he might just have a future. In turn, if he gets sent to the pen, we may as well write him off.

I do like the fact that the writer is one of the first “mainstream” writers to realize KC is on the bubble.

by pskell02 on Feb 21, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions

Basically agree.

Although I can’t see them moving Lincoln to a bullpen role in any situation to begin the year. He’ll either be starting in Morton’s spot until he’s no longer needed, or he’ll be starting in AAA. I see no reason to move him to the major league bullpen when we have 79 other right handed relievers. Especially considering there isn’t exactly a log jam of quality starters right now in Indy…

by bosten7 on Feb 22, 2012 12:03 AM EST reply actions

Without reading the link,

which I am confident you all have summed up just fine, I agree. Lincoln is a starter. Whether that’s in PGH or IND is all that remains to be seen.

Personally, I hope it’s Indy. I am not impressed, nor am I confident he’ll ever effectively get MLB batters out on a consistent basis.

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by cocktailsfor2 on Feb 22, 2012 6:54 AM EST reply actions

meh

citing his career MLB ERA is stupid. Why not talk about his 4.03 xFIP last year in ~50 innings coupled with the fact that he was used in bullpen and as starter which wasnt good for him.

I don’t want to see Brad Lincoln out of the bullpen at all. Last year his AAA numbers were impressive and so were his MLB numbers. 3.03 FIP in 110 Innings at AAA and then the xfip and fip in mlb were solid too.

Let him start at AAA so he gets regular work but i see him as already better than Jeff Karstens and Kevin Correia. You basically have to let Jeff Karstens start in the rotation to begin the year but i could easily see his luck running out.

Right now i think Brad Lincoln is a 1-2 WAR pitcher in the MLB with a ceiling of 2-4 WAR. He’s definitely worth keeping around

by Mingy on Feb 22, 2012 9:04 AM EST reply actions

Lincoln will be going to Indy this season

as the Pirates take advantage of his final option.

He has mid 2012-2013 so show anything. If J-Mac and Morton continue to shine then by the time Cole and Taillon make their PNC debuts it will be adios for Lincoln.

by BadAndy on Feb 23, 2012 7:46 AM EST reply actions