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Mike Lincoln is not a starting pitcher. Did you hear (er...read) me? The closest Lincoln should come to starting a game is as a long reliever. He hasn't started a game since 2000. He came up to the big leagues in 1999 with the Minnesota Twins. He started 15 games in '99 and had a 3-10 record with a 6.84 ERA. The next year he started four games and was 0-3 with a 10.89 ERA. Those numbers are troubling, baseball fans. To send a man on the hill thinking you have to score 11 runs to win is not in anybody's playbook. A better question would be, "What did Mike Lincoln do in 2009 to warrant another visit to spring training?" He appeared in 19 games with the Reds last season, and in only six of them did he not surrender a hit. He was 1-1 with an 8.22 ERA and an ERA+ of 52. Does that mean he is the ...

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Article written by Cliff Eastham