Tim Lincecum couldn’t reestablish himself as a productive major league pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels last season, but the two-time Cy Young Award winner and Giants legend hasn’t given up on recapturing his previous form.

Although he doesn’t have a contract for 2017 and spring training is barely more than three weeks away, Lincecum “is throwing and getting ready for the season,” according to his agent, Rick Thurman.

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Why Austin Slater’s playing time will likely be limited for remainder of SF Giants’ season Lincecum, 32, was an enigma at this time last year, when he was rehabbing from left hip surgery in Sept. 2015 and preparing to throw a showcase session off a mound for scouts. He ended up pushing back that session until May, and signed a minor league contract with the Angels because they offered the best opportunity to claim a rotation spot.

Then Lincecum went just 2-6 with a 9.16 ERA in nine starts for the Angels while allowing 68 hits in 38 1/3 innings – leading to doubts about whether the right-hander who pitched the Giants to two World Series titles and threw two no-hitters would ever compete again in the big leagues.

But Lincecum is not calling it quits, nor is he entertaining offers to pitch overseas. He continues to look for a big league opportunity, Thurman said.

It’s possible that Lincecum will relent and consider opportunities to pitch in relief – a long predicted role in his career arc, and one in which he excelled while helping to pitch the Giants to a championship in 2012.

But given his struggles since 2012, and his inability to return to form following surgery last year, it’s hard to envision him getting anything more than a minor league contract.

Don’t expect Lincecum to return to the Giants. Their bullpen appears to be full.

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There will be interest from around the league, though. After all, teams were continuing to give Dontrelle Willis minor league contracts and work with him on the back fields more than a decade after the former NL Rookie of the Year had lost his competitive form.

Lincecum still has the changeup and curveball that can get hitters out, and perhaps his diminished fastball might play up if used in short bursts.

Lincecum is only one of several prominent former Giants who continue to look for a place to set down their duffel bag this spring. Here are some others:

— Right-hander Sergio Romo, a part of three World Series-winning bullpens, received interest from Milwaukee before the Brewers signed Neftali Feliz. He probably won’t get a chance to close, but could be a matchup right-hander for a winning team.

— Left-hander Javier Lopez, another member of the Giants’ “core four” in the bullpen, has a shorter list of places where he would consider pitching and could choose to retire. He’ll have no shortage of second career options, including as a broadcaster.

— Right-hander Jake Peavy is playing for another contract and there’s mutual interest in a return to San Diego, where he won a Cy Young Award. Nothing has been agreed upon, though.

— Center fielder Angel Pagan is coming off his strongest season since 2012, but he’ll turn 36 in July and probably isn’t an option to play center field for anyone. His bat off the bench could help a team like the Baltimore Orioles, but it remains to be seen whether Pagan, who is coming off a four-year, $40 million contract, would want to spend another year away from his family playing a reduced role at a greatly reduced salary.

— Right-hander Yusmeiro Petit, who came up so clutch for the Giants in the 2012 NL Division Series against Washington, is a free agent after the Nationals bought out his $3 million option for $500,000.

— Third baseman Juan Uribe, everyone’s favorite clubhouse fashion icon and a hero from the 2010 World Series team, was released by the Indians last season and might have reached the end of a very interesting career.

— Right-hander Joe Nathan said he wanted to use his September call-up with the Giants as a springboard to show teams that he was back from his second Tommy John surgery and still had something to contribute as a 42-year-old. Alas, Nathan, who ranks eighth on the all-time saves list, doesn’t have an employer as of yet.

Other ex-Giants who have found homes for spring training on minor league contracts include right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (Twins), outfielder Gregor Blanco (Diamondbacks) and left-hander Jonathan Sanchez (who hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2013, but will be in camp with the Royals this spring).

Also, former Giants first baseman Brett Pill returned from Korea to sign a minor league deal with the Tigers, and right-hander Erik Cordier returned from Japan to sign a minor league deal with the Red Sox. Right-hander Mike Broadway, a six-year minor league free agent, signed a minor league contract with the Nationals. And infielder Ruben Tejada, who was a Giant for five minutes, will get a shot this spring with the Yankees.

Finally, Santiago Casilla is moving across the bay. His two-year contract with the A’s was announced on Friday.