Matt Cain
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2.9K4Giants’ postseason hopes rest on Matt Cain’s expensive right arm
The Giants blew two save chances last night, so naturally that got people talking about the bullpen. You know, the same bullpen that has a 1.66 ERA and 1.09 WHIP since the All-Star Break. They weren’t allowed to have a collective off night, because Matt Cain couldn’t get one guy out in the sixth inning, […]
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2.9K9Giants end homestand with 5-0 win, now it’s time to get David Price
I’ve been really rational about up to this point. The Giants are only screwing around with the Dodgers, I wrote. They should set their sights on Mike Leake, I wrote. It’s in the Giants’ nature to stand pat and trust in their veterans, I wrote. In David Price trade talks, #Tigers expected to prioritize major-league-ready […]
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3.8K13Giants have many starting pitchers, should trade for one more
“This is our rotation, what we have right now,” said Bruce Bochy. “We’re going to run with it.” It was a totally vanilla postgame quote after another snoozer in San Diego (your home for boring baseball since 2008). There’s no reason for Bochy to let opposing clubs know they’re dying for a healthy starter with […]
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4.3K1Giants break losing skid with Pence’s return and Cain’s best start in ages
Baseball is a funny game. Those who write about baseball tend to describe baseball’s funny traits more than scribes who cover any other sport, save for golf. But the Giants were the walking dead yesterday after a road trip full of six games they should’ve forfeited, followed by a cross-country flight. After their first win […]
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2.7K1Giants starters answered some rotation questions this week
Just for fun, I’m going to write something that’ll piss off the Small Sample Size Police Dept. Because if you can’t piss off the uber-correctors, the people who get joy from being better at staring at numbers than everyone else and letting the world know, then what is the point in maintaining a regional sports […]
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2.8K9Giants’ weaknesses on full display in loss to L.A.
It’s way too early to look at the Giants’ record (8-12 after Monday night’s 8-3 loss to the Dodgers) and project a .400 winning percentage throughout the entire season. Buster Posey’s slugging percentage won’t be under .350 all year, either. A 20-game sample isn’t all that telling in baseball, unless it’s the postseason. Yet if the […]
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3.2K11Giants’ rotation is what we thought it was (except not really at all)
The Giants owe a debt of gratitude to Clayton Kershaw, both for keeping their business model (“We’re the opposite of the A’s, because our shit works in the playoffs”) looking golden and calming everyone down about Madison Bumgarner. I’ll admit it: Bumgarner’s shortest outing in years against the Padres would’ve looked a lot worse (to […]
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2.9K8Giants lose another player, lose 7-6 to D-Backs
The good news is that the soul of this team hasn’t vanished. This is the same group of fiery, talented players that we remember from October, and they gave Arizona a scare after falling behind 7-4. The bad news is a lot of these players have already gotten injured, and the questions about their starting […]
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2.6K7Cain had MRI (forearm tightness), Giants skipping Peavy’s start tomorrow
The above photo shows Matt Cain before last year’s home opener. He was scheduled to start next Monday’s home opener against the Rockies, but that is very much in doubt after today’s bad news. Cain reportedly suffered forearm tightness after his last Spring Training start, and today the Giants announced that Cain underwent an MRI and his […]
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3.9K9San Francisco Giants Spring Training Portrait Day
Do you remember school portrait day? Mom yelling at you to comb your hair and tuck in your shirt. Maybe she even laid out a hideous new outfit for you to wear. For boys, it was something with a collar. Striped or plaid with a top button designed to cut off your windpipe. Corduroy pants. Maybe even […]
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3.7K9Q&A with Giants CEO Larry Baer on Lester, Sandoval and more
About a week ago, Virgin America invited me to fly out to New York with a group of Giants employees and the World Series trophy. It was a whirlwind trip — arrive at the SFO ticket counter by 5 am on Wednesday, back at SFO at 7:10 pm on Thursday. It was a fun, productive […]
