If Lincecum wants to be arbitration eligible this year or next, he had to take the minimum offer. thats how baseball works. Zito (when he was on the A's) and Miguel cabrera both did the same thing. theyre not "jewing" him, if u sign a minor league contract with the team that drafted u, they can pay u the minimum for something like up to 6 years. they wont though, he'll get a big deal soon.
and this game was developed in Novato, here in Marin. 2k sports has an office here, and thats where Lincecum worked on the game with 2k.