5 reasons Tim Lincecum won’t see resurgence with Angels

5. Bruce Bochy (or the lack thereof)

The best thing that Lincecum had going for him with the San Francisco Giants was that he had Bruce Bochy, a manager who knew how to use him and had a ton of faith in him. Bochy is a great manager who was perfect for Lincecum. He knew how to massage his ego as Lincecum saw his role with the team dwindle and knew how to get him ready for the moments when he needed Lincecum to come through.

Tim Lincecum will likely regret the day that he left Bochy. Mike Scioscia, while he is a very respected manager, is not a player’s manager like Bochy. He has a completely different managing style. Scioscia doesn’t know Lincecum the way that Bochy does and isn’t nearly as good of a manager as Bochy.

Scioscia doesn’t manage his pitchers nearly as well as Bochy does. There was a time that Scioscia was arguably the best manager in baseball. Sadly, that was roughly a decade ago when Scioscia was still a few years removed from winning a World Series. Scioscia is not Bochy and Tim Lincecum will likely find that out sooner rather than later. And he’ll likely be wishing he signed with the Giants once he realizes that.

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