Player Profile #51: Matt Cain | SP | SFG
Forgive the overused cliche, but there are three certainties in life: death, taxes and Matt Cain outperforming his peripherals. It’s gotten to the point where anyone who doubts Cain just looks foolish. He’s finished five straight seasons with ERAs noticeably lower than his FIPs, and in each of those five seasons he’s pitched at least 200 innings. His walk rate has...
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Cain puts Bay Area home up for sale. Is writing on the wall?
Zoinks! There’s news out of the Huffington Post this morning that San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain—who is eligible to become a free agent after this season—has put his Bay Area home up for sale.
Unless Cain and his family are just looking to upgrade (after all, he is getting quite the pay hike in the final year of his contract), this could very well be reason...
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6 days ago
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6 days ago
Matt Cain Unloading S.F. Bro Pad With Ikea Kitchen At Loss; $1.8MM
Matt Cain is due for a pay raise after the 2012 season and he’ll either get a huge contract from the Giants or sign elsewhere as a free agent. So what’s the logical move at this point? Sell that $1.8mm house you’ve been slumming in while playing in San Fran. He’ll make $15,000,000 this season and will probably demand at least that over 6-7 years in his next...
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6 days ago
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6 days ago
SF Giants Rumors: Cain Deal Could Be In The Works, Pill Could Land Last Roster Spot
Chris Haft of MLB.com answers fans questions in his inbox article. Haft expects Matt Cain and the San Francisco Giants to reach a deal during Spring Training.
This would put a lot of Giants fans at ease since Tim Lincecum is in a two-year deal, and Giants fans wouldn’t be able to stomach the possibility of losing both pitchers to free agency. There is still two years to...
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11 days ago
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11 days ago
SF Giants Rumors: Lincecum, Cain, And Let The Money Rain
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says the San Francisco Giants made a $100 million offer to Tim Lincecum for fiver years. Lincecum rejected the offer, and the Giants are now focusing on a two-year or one-year deal.
The Giants and Lincecum don’t seem to be far apart on a one-year, or two-year deal. I don’t believe they will take this to an arbitration hearing. Some fans...
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21 days ago
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21 days ago
How much should Matt Cain get in an extension?
With the news earlier today that the Angels had signed C.J. Wilson to a 5 year $77.5 million deal it got me thinking about Matt Cain and his coming free agency next season.
What Wilson was able to get as an older and less consistent starting pitcher means that the market, should Cain become a free agent, could get pretty crazy. With that in mind I think that...
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December 08, 2011
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December 08, 2011
Matt Cain is not going anywhere
Via Joel Sherman:
For those on the Matt Cain bandwagon, I heard the Giants have made it so clear they are not trading him that the Yankees have not asked about the righty in “years.”
h/t TYA
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It’s pretty evident, at this point, that the Giants intend to sign Matt Cain to an extension. It seems, in fact, as though it’s their top offseason priority, and I expect...
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October 17, 2011
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October 17, 2011
Giants Optimistic About New Deal With Cain
There are early indications that the Giants will have a decent or better chance to lock Matt Cain on another long-term deal, writes Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Heyman adds that the club offered Tim Lincecum a deal worth at least $100MM over five years but is now focusing on one- and two-year deals after being rebuffed.
Giants people are saying only that talks are "ongoing...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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22 days ago
SF Giants Rumors: Matt Cain Rumor Swirling
There has been a rumor going around that the San Francisco Giants were pondering a trade that would send the Yankees Jesus Montero to the Giants in exchange for starting pitcher Matt Cain.
Is this trade going to happen? NO WAY! The Giants would not part ways with Cain for a catcher. Buster Posey is expected to be back behind the dish at the start of the 2012 season.
We know...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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October 12, 2011
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October 12, 2011
REPORT: Giants reject Yankees’ offer for Matt Cain
The Giants have reportedly rejected a blockbuster trade offer by the Yankees that would have included (from left to right) Montero, Swisher and Cain.
According to Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest, the New York Yankees offered the Giants a boatload of talented players in exchange for starting pitcher Matt Cain.
The Giants have reportedly rejected the blockbuster proposal.
NY Baseball...
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November 26, 2011
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November 26, 2011
SF Giants Rumors: Matt Cain and Ryan Vogelsong Rumors
Here is a rumor that I thought I would pass along. I’m not sure how much credibility there really is to this rumor, but figured I would let you decide for yourself. Frank Russo of Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest says the Yankees recently contacted the San Francisco Giants and offered four players for pitcher Matt Cain. Some of the names tossed around were Jesus Montero, Nick...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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November 28, 2011
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November 28, 2011
Pondering a Matt Cain extension
A week ago, Larry Baer sent out a letter to San Francisco Giants fans that was ultimately an apology of sorts, in which he mused about 2011 and the Giants’ commitment to the future. One paragraph in the letter details the means through which the organization is striving to maintain a contending team, and the last item particularly stands out:
That remarkable send-off still...
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October 11, 2011
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October 11, 2011
SF Giants Rumors: Free Agents, Trades, Payroll, Lincecum and Cain
John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports there will be no big splash additions for the San Francisco Giants and the 2012 payroll will be $130 million. Giants GM Brian Sabean will be in Dallas next week for the winter meetings, and is open to trades and free agency.“There won’t be a big splash,” said Sabean.VP of Baseball Operations, Bobby Evans said he has...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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November 30, 2011
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November 30, 2011
San Francisco Giants 2012 FanFest—a big yawn
If standing in line for three hours to get an autograph is your thing, then no doubt you had a great time at the San Francisco Giants’ annual FanFest today.
I went the past two years and I can tell you from my own experience, it ain’t all that.
Today’s event drew an estimated 36,000 fans, most of them wearing Panda hats and Tim Lincecum or Buster Posey jerseys....
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8 days ago
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8 days ago
Matt Cain Profile
Matt Cain 18 – P
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6’3″, Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 1, 1984
Place: Dothan, AL
High School: Houston High School in Germantown, TN
Drafted By: San Francisco Giants (1st round, 25th pick) in the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed: June 26, 2002 – $1.375 million signing bonus
Major League Debut: August 29,...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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December 22, 2011
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December 22, 2011
Yanks Might Be Waiting on Cain
It's been a strangely quiet offseason for the New York Yankees, and there's a theory out there that such silence should concern the San Francisco Giants.
Why? Matt Cain remains on track to be a free agent after 2012, that's why.
Tyler Kepner of the New York Times proposed this week that the Yankees aren't being silent because they're poor, scared or even satisfied...
Via NBC Bay Area
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January 05, 2012
SF Giants Rumors: Matt Cain Contract, Strong Defense
GM Brian Sabean said the San Francisco Giants top priority this offseason is to keep their pitching intact. Matt Cain is in the final year of his contract, and the Giants are hoping to lock him up. Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News says the six-year, $99 million offer C.J. Wilson left on the table from the Marlins will provide a baseline for negotiations with Cain.
Baggarly...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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December 09, 2011
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December 09, 2011
SF Giants Rumors: Giants Have Shown Interest In Cuban Pitcher Gerardo Concepcion
Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com says there is ten teams that have shown interest in Cuban pitcher Gerardo Concepcion. The Rangers, Yankees, Cubs and White Sox have expressed the most interest, but the San Francisco Giants have also been a team that have shown some interest. Concepcion’s agent says he has an offer on the table and is expected to sign a Major League contract within the...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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21 days ago
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21 days ago
Matt Cain to Yankees? I think not
Montero to the Giants? Doubtful. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
According to an article by New York Daily Post writer John Harper, the New York Yankees may try to convince the Giants to take catcher Jesus Montero in exchange for Matt Cain this offseason.
Harper wrote:
[Yankees GM Brian Cashman] will probably be more aggressive in trying to trade for [a top pitcher]. One major...
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October 10, 2011
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October 10, 2011
Game Recap: Cain pitches well, loses
Padres 3, Giants 1.
Matt Cain reached two milestones tonight (h/t @SFGiantsFans): his 200th career start, and his fifth consecutive season with 200+ IP. Unfortunately, it was a typical Matt Cain start; that is, he pitched well, but due to a lack of run support, got the loss. Cain now has a career record of 68-72, making him the only starter in history (min. 1000 IP) with a losing...
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September 07, 2011
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September 07, 2011
SF Giants Rumors: Giants Want to Lock Up Cain And Lincecum For Four Years
Jon Heyman of SI.com says (via twitter) Larry Baer has said the San Francisco Giants are also trying to lock up starting pitcher Matt Cain as well as Tim Lincecum. The team is looking to to try to get four year deals.
Cain will be a free agent after the 2012 season, and Lincecum will not be eligible to be a free agent until after the 2013 season.
Does anyone remember the days...
Via San Francisco Giants Baseball (SF Giants Rumors)
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November 16, 2011
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November 16, 2011
Could the Mets Benefit from a Crowded Free Agent Pitching Market in 2013?
The Mets rotation, for better or for worse, is set for 2012: Santana (or replacement), Pelfrey, Dickey, Gee and Niese. The Mets also look between the end of this year and 2014 to add several young pitchers, like Familia, Harvey, Wheeler and maybe Mejia.
So I wonder if the Mets could benefit from what will be a crowded All-Star pitching Free Agent market next season. With Edwin Jackson...
Via 213 Miles From Shea
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10 days ago
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10 days ago
Giants looking at locking up Cain and Lincecum
Looks like the San Francisco Giants are trying to lock up the number one and number two pitchers for the long haul. In an article and Tweet by Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, he says the Giants are trying to lock up Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain to long-term deal.
Heyman says the Giants are trying to sign Lincecum up for at least a two-year deal that include two years of arbitration...
Via PRO Rumors
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November 16, 2011
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November 16, 2011
Extension Candidate: Matt Cain
Heading into this offseason, pundits seemed unable to agree whether C.J. Wilson or Yu Darvish was the most desirable pitcher available to MLB teams. While a case could be made for either hurler, they likely would've been battling for second place had Giants right-hander Matt Cain not signed a contract extension delaying his free agency by a year. Prior to the 2010 season,...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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December 25, 2011
Splash Hits: Bumgarner, Cain, Mitchell
Is Madison Bumgarner the Next Clayton Kershaw? – Roto Hardball
Given his success at such a young age, Madison Bumgarner has incredible potential.
Upcoming Hall of Fame Candidates, by Weighted WAR – Beyond the Box Score
Now that we’ve got Weighted WAR (wWAR) as an objective Hall of Fame barometer, what does that mean for the upcoming candidates? Be sure to vote for...
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November 19, 2011
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November 19, 2011
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