
Matt Cain
40-Year-Old
Free Agent
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Fires five scoreless inning in farewell
Cain pitched five scoreless innings with four strikeouts during Saturday's loss to San Diego. He didn't factor into the decision.
Analysis
Cain announced his retirement earlier this week, and he left Saturday's outing in position to take the win. Unfortunately, the bullpen blew the lead and cost Cain and San Francisco the victory. The 32-year-old veteran was a fantasy stalwart from 2007 through 2012 with a 3.18 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 7.4 K/9 over 1,299.2 innings and 197 starts. While he struggled over the final years of his career, Cain was still a three-time All-Star and won two World Series titles.
Cain announced his retirement earlier this week, and he left Saturday's outing in position to take the win. Unfortunately, the bullpen blew the lead and cost Cain and San Francisco the victory. The 32-year-old veteran was a fantasy stalwart from 2007 through 2012 with a 3.18 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 7.4 K/9 over 1,299.2 innings and 197 starts. While he struggled over the final years of his career, Cain was still a three-time All-Star and won two World Series titles.
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Cain had a fairly poor season on paper in 2016, finishing with a 5.64 ERA and 1.51 WHIP in 89.1 injury-shortened innings. There were some bright spots for the once-great pitcher. He improved his strikeout rate to 7.25 K/9, a mark that surpassed both his 2015 and 2014 totals. Cain also had a nice nine-game stretch in the middle of the season which produced a usable 3.27 ERA. As usual, the long ball was his eventual downfall, as his 1.61 HR/9 compounded with his unlucky .321 BABIP hurt his season totals. It is a bit too early to write the 32-year-old off completely; but he will need to stay healthy, win the fifth starter's job and also produce consistently before anybody will give him another chance at fantasy relevance.
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Will retire following Saturday's start
Cain announced that he will retire following his last start of the 2017 season, which will come against the Padres on Saturday, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Will start Saturday
Cain has been named the starting pitcher for Saturday's game against the Padres, Andrew Baggarly of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
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Rejoins team Monday
Cain (personal) has rejoined the Giants and completed a bullpen session Monday, the Associated Press reports.
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Away from team with family issue
Manager Bruce Bochy said Cain will miss the upcoming series against the Rockies while attending to a family matter, Andrew Baggarly of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
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Takes loss in spot start
Cain (3-11) tossed five innings of two-run ball Thursday, giving up seven hits and striking out two in a losing effort against the Cardinals.
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