Tim Lincecum

A former CY Young winner, a former World Series MVP, a solid starting righty and this year’s top international prospect all have something in common: They're all still available as MLB free agents.

Tim Lincecum has spent the duration of his big league career in an orange and black uniform. So there would be a certain poetry if he ditched the San Francisco Giants and flew to the Baltimore Orioles as he attempts to come back from an extended decline and recent surgery.

Former Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum wants to prove that he can still pitch at the major league level.

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Lincecum to Have Throwing Showcase

Saturday, Jan. 23

The former San Francisco Giants star pitcher is looking to host a throwing showcase in early February in hopes of landing a deal with a major league team, according to MLB Network's Jon Heyman.

Baseball, like all sports, is a cruel mistress. Sometimes she smiles, sometimes she frowns. But eventually, the game grinds everyone—including the greats—into oblivion.

Baseball also offers shots at redemption, however; opportunities for an unexpected second act. In fact, successful comebacks happen nearly every year, though they're hard to predict and even harder to chart.

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.

The San Francisco Giants announced Tim Lincecum will miss the remainder of the 2015 season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left hip, but the team hasn't ruled out re-signing the impending free agent as his contract gets set to expire. 

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum's season is over after undergoing surgery to repair a nagging hip injury. 

John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle confirmed the news Thursday. 

The Giants later released a statement on the news:

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum may miss the remainder of the 2015 season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a hip injury.

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum was forced to exit Saturday's game against the Colorado Rockies after being struck in the arm by a line drive, suffering a right forearm contusion.

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SAN FRANCISCO — One night after Madison Bumgarner lit up AT&T Park by taking a perfect game into the eighth inning, Tim Hudson was electric. Stretch-run energy buzzed through the Giants clubhouse in that old, familiar way.