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High altitude taking a toll on the brain aside
Heh :- )
But early this season against the Rockies his velocity was much more inconsistent than prior years.
Yep. After 5-odd years, it's clear that Felix is a Clemens-type horse whose stuff figures to hold up for two decades. Lincecum's career arc is much more suspect.
If Lincecum delivers the Giants a Sandy Koufax-type career, 5-6 years of uber-brilliance, he'll of course have been worth a #1 overall. But he's not a guy I'd bet on to strike out 4,000 men.