Ten Pitchers Who Deserve Long-Term Extensions

The new trend in Major League Baseball is to lock up your young, cost-controlled talent to long-term deals. In the past, teams seemed hesitant to do that with pitchers, but they're starting to become a little more loose with that idea. In recent years, guys like Felix Hernandez, CC Sabathia, Jered Weaver, and CJ Wilson have all gotten long-term deals as starters, be it from their current team, or another team. Right now, I'm going to present to you a list of ten players who their current teams should seriously consider locking up long-term. 1) Matt Cain, Giants. Cain, who will turn 28 as soon as the season ends, finally blossomed into the pitcher that many thought he would in 2012. The major change in Cain's game in 2011 was cutting his home run rate in half, from a career average of 0.74 per nine innings to a career-low 0.37 per nine innings. He also increased his groundball rate to a career-best 41.7%, while his strikeout and walk rates remained consistent. What that ...