Free-agent pitcher Tim Lincecum to hold showcase for MLB teams this week
Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum looks on during a baseball game against the Brewers on July 28, 2015.
Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum will pitch for major league clubs in a showcase event Friday as he attempts to make a comeback from arthroscopic hip surgery last September.
The throwing session by the 31-year-old free agent will be Friday in Arizona. A location and time were not announced. Dozens of scouts and executives are expected to attend, including representatives of the San Francisco Giants, whom Lincecum helped to World Series triumphs in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
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