Baseball: Lincecum asks for $17.8m

San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum asked for a record US$13 million ($17.8 million) in salary arbitration, while Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez closed in on a five-year contract with the Mariners worth about $78 million. On the busiest day of baseball's offseason, 70 players reached agreements on contracts, leaving just 39 still on track for hearings next month.