Fantasy Update
Sacramento Bee Aug 18, 2017
Hot Property: Giants pitcher Matt Cain ups the ante for his Arizona paradise
Time is money, people. San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain didn’t catch a buyer last year with his 11,021-square-foot home in Paradise Valley, Ariz., so he’s upped the asking …
Around the Foghorn Aug 17, 2017
San Francisco Giants: Matt Cain Needs to Stay in the Bullpen
After another disappointing start by Matt Cain for the San Francisco Giants, here is another plea for him to never start again. He is now 0-9 in his last 13 starts this year and hasn’t won a game since May 15. Cain has allowed two runs or more in 11 of those starts, with just three […] San Francisco Giants: Matt Cain Needs to Stay in the Bullpen - Around the Foghorn - Around the Foghorn - A San Francisco Giants Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 16, 2017
Wednesday’s finale: no homer for Stanton, no win for Giants
Wednesday’s finale: no homer for Stanton, no win for Giants MIAMI - Giancarlo Stanton did not hit a home run for the first time in seven games. “I’d rather he hit a home run and we win the game,” manager Bruce Bochy said. Matt Cain was charged with four first-inning runs, three of which were unearned thanks to Nick Hundley’s catcher’s interference and Brandon Crawford’s rare dropped liner. Both Cain, who lost his ninth straight, and Crawford exited after four innings as part of a double switch. Cain threw 73 pitches and said he was “kind of at the end of the leash,”...
KFFL Aug 14, 2017
Giants | Matt Cain to start Wednesday
San Francisco Giants RHP Matt Cain will start Wednesday, August 16, against the Miami Marlins, ...
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 8, 2017
Giants have discussed skipping Matt Moore in rotation
Giants have discussed skipping Matt Moore in rotation Asked if he might skip Moore at some point to let him work on his command issues away from the limelight, manager Bruce Bochy said the staff has discussed it, and not just once. Then-manager Felipe Alou and pitching coach Dave Righetti did it skipped Matt Cain in 2006. In Monday night's loss to the Cubs he allowed five runs in six innings and threw three wild pitches. No pitcher likes to feel the weight of stats like that. Moore's 111 strikeouts rank second on the Giants to Jeff Samardzija's 154. The Giants also need to maintain...
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 6, 2017
10 years later, Barry Bonds reflects on record-setting HR
Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run a decade ago, but pitcher Matt Cain needed just half a heartbeat to download the memory. Monday is the 10th anniversary of the night Bonds passed Hank Aaron to become the all-time home run leader, a moment in which joy, passion, controversy and derision had to coexist. Speaking to The Chronicle on Saturday, Bonds found it hard to grasp that a decade has passed since he broke Aaron’s record, hit his 762nd and final homer at Colorado and coped with the unwanted end to his big-league career in the final days of the 2007 season. In the fifth...
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 3, 2017
Cain out of Giants’ rotation; Stratton starts Saturday
Cain out of Giants’ rotation; Stratton starts Saturday Matt Cain was removed from the rotation, again. Chris Stratton will take his place and start Saturday against the Diamondbacks. In the final year of his $127.5 million contract, Cain is 3-9 with a 5.37 ERA, and opponents are hitting .312 against him. Getting pulled from the rotation is nothing new for Cain, who lost his starting job last September, making his final 2016 appearances out of the bullpen. “He knows that,” manager Bruce Bochy said. The preference is to keep Cain in the bullpen to give younger starters a look. The...
San Jose Mercury News Aug 3, 2017
Giants notes: Bruce Bochy pulls Matt Cain from rotation, tells Denard Span his future is in LF
The hardest part of managing a losing season is giving bad news to accomplished veterans -- and Bruce Bochy delivered a bunch of it in the past few days.
San Jose Mercury News Aug 2, 2017
Giants notes: Matt Cain’s tenure could be ending; Denard Span’s playing time from here will be costly
If you've started more games or thrown more innings as a San Francisco Giant than Matt Cain, then you're in the Hall of Fame.
Around the Foghorn Aug 1, 2017
Kontos blows Cain’s Lead as San Francisco Giants Fall to A’s 8-5
It was a quiet trade deadline for the San Francisco Giants, but a loud night for the Oakland Athletics’ bats as they knocked around Matt Cain early, and launched a grand slam off George Kontos for an inevitable win. Matt Cain turned in a decent outing for the San Francisco Giants lasting five innings, while […] Kontos blows Cain’s Lead as San Francisco Giants Fall to A’s 8-5 - Around the Foghorn - Around the Foghorn - A San Francisco Giants Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 1, 2017
Semien hits grand slam, A’s beat Giants 8-5
Semien hits grand slam, A’s beat Giants 8-5 Monday night, in the first of four straight games between his childhood team and his current team, Semien hit a grand slam to lift the A’s to an 8-5 victory before a Coliseum crowd of 38,391. The Giants, now officially baseball’s worst team - they fell to 40-67, percentage points behind the streaking Phillies - led 3-2 before Semien crushed George Kontos two-seam fastball in the sixth inning, all but deciding the game. Matt Cain walked two batters in the first inning when the A’s took a 2-1 lead, and Carlos Moncrief collected his first...
CSN Bay Area Aug 1, 2017
Giants drop opener of Bay Bridge Series
Matt Cain allowed just two runs in five innings, but Marcus Semien's grand slam off George Kontos was too much for the Giants to overcome.
San Jose Mercury News Jul 31, 2017
Giants stunned by Dodgers rookie making his debut in 11-inning loss
The Giants received seven shutout innings from Madison Bumgarner but lost leads in the ninth and 11th innings to fall a stunning 34 1/2 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West.
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 29, 2017
Giants flip starters — Bumgarner to face Dodgers
LOS ANGELES - When I asked Bruce Bochy on Wednesday if he would use the Thursday off day to get Madison Bumgarner on the mound for the Sunday night game at Dodger Stadium, he looked at me as though I were asking for his Social Security number. No, Bochy said, Matt Cain will pitch Sunday and Bumgarner on Monday night in Oakland. Well, guess what? Bumgarner will face the Dodgers on ESPN's showcase game Sunday. Cain will go Monday in Oakland. And you know what that means: Bumgarner vs.
San Jose Mercury News Jul 25, 2017
Bruce Bochy and Dave Righetti ejected, Giants lose to Pirates
Matt Cain is winless in his last 11 starts and only made it through four innings Monday -- which was two more than Manager Bruce Bochy lasted.
