Matt Cain....

And if I receive a certain amount of Buzzes, I get 10% at Outback.

Matt Cain sucks.

Providing quality insightful baseball commentary since…. uh….. wait, I just had it here somewhere. I’ll get back to you.

I’m not worried at all.

Color me concerned.

He’s thrown more pitches and more innings than ever before in his career, and he’s getting hit hard. I hope Bochdoz will handle him gingerly the rest of the way, even though I know he won’t.

Yeah, I thought that was a really bizarre blurb as well. Stick a fork in him… for this season? For ever?

I’m a bit worried that his K/BB ratio has gone to shit the last few starts, but overall, I’m pretty sure he’s just tired. He’s going to be fine.

I actually considered making a fan post based on that very quote. It’s puzzling.

I said the same in last night’s game thread while watching him pitch.

It’s not that I think he’s done, or injured, or necessarily that it’s anything more than a rough patch. I don’t like that it’s happening at the end of the year, to be sure. But ultimately, it’s just in my nature to worry about Matt Cain. It’s what I do.

I haven’t seen his last couple of starts. Is he looking tired out there? Arm angle changing? Less velocity? If he’s looking like he’s worn out, then by all means give him the rest of the season off and let his arm start recovering.

With him sucking and all, I would be much less concerned if he was Tim Lincecum. Then he wouldn’t suck, and wouldn’t get injured.

And I totally own that a big part of that is just my nature. But Cain hasn’t seemed “right” to me or terribly consistent for most of the season, nor really big patches of last season.

As for the shutting him down theme that emerges from this thread, though, I am of two minds. One: if there is a chance that he will get injured in any lasting way by continuing to throw, then shut him down. Two: if no real risk of sustained injury, then keep pitching him. How are guys ever supposed to develop full-season type of arm strength if they don’t pitch the whole season? So he’ll not be good; this team won’t even notice the additional losses. But like I said, that’s only if he’s not really risking injury by continuing.

I think that it might just be attributed to the fact that he is a young pitcher still trying to find consistency. Yeah, he’s 23 and has been in the league for 3 years but that doesn’t mean his pitching has matured to the point where he’s not allowed to have consecutive bad starts. The fact is he was luckier and he had the run support, he might be 12 – 8 instead of 8 -12 and this might not be an issue (if you are swayed by the win stat). Funny what high expectations will do to a young pitcher. We expect you to be able to place every pitch perfectly and also that when you do make a good pitch the hitter isn’t allowed the mash it (the HR to Macias last night was a good pitch – down and in). Dude throws hard and is only 23.

I don’t think he is done. He could easily bounce back and give you one of those good Cain games ( allow 1 or 2 runs). As for Rotoworld, I haven’t visited that site much to really too much to have an opinion, but I would have to say they are wrong on this one.

That if we follow Rotoworld’s logic, than the D’backs should be sticking a fork in Brandon Webb too. That guys has imploded in a far bigger way in his last few starts than Cain has.

I’m not worried, but I’m only saying that so I can be like “I TOLD YOU GUYS DUDE CAN PITCH” in the next gameday thread during a game in which he dominates.

I was looking through their fantasy football player updates and I actually found their reporting to be fairly objective until I saw their blurb on Jeff Garcia:

Profootballtalk.com reports that Bucs are shopping Jeff Garcia and are “willing to take anything they can get.”
Jon Gruden and Garcia are reportedly “ready to kill each other.” The Bucs look set to go forward with Luke McCown backing up Brian Griese after benching Garcia. If Packers GM Ted Thompson wasn’t so married to his draft picks, including late-rounders, Green Bay would be a good fit. But no team is going to go out of its way for a twinkle toed 38-year-old with an illogically big ego.

I don’t really visit this site, so I don’t if this is fairly common, or this guy just really hates Jeff Garcia.

Serious answer: I haven’t watched Cain’s last few starts, but I’m wondering whether his sub-par performances aren’t related to him being mentally tired and lacking some focus. It’s the end of another losing season for him and the team, he’s leading the league in innings pitched, and even if he doesn’t say it to the press, there’s gotta be a part of him that’s frustrated with his lack of run support during all those games where he pitched brilliantly—for chrissakes, even freaking BARRY ZITO has more wins. Didn’t he have something like a 1.90 ERA in July but only went 2-3? Eventually that must get to you, even if you have a thick skin.

Joking answer: He’s pitching poorly because the Netflix service interruption delayed his order of “The Notebook” and “Sex and the City” from getting delivered on time.

MaTt CaIN TeH SuCKs OnLy 8 wins LoLz

Anyone else see what they wrote under Drew Macias’ note. “Macias is used to facing Double-A pitching, so he was perfectly prepared for Matt Cain”

Alright? dicks.

Rotoworld has always hated the Giants. Thats why I stopped reading what they write, but back when I did I copied some of their best anti-Giants material. Let me share.

“Triple-A Fresno’s Brian Bocock went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts on Tuesday and is 4-for-31 since being sent down.
It’s like the Giants said to themselves, "Let’s destroy whatever shred of confidence he might have left after he hit .143 in 77 major league at-bats.” Except they probably wouldn’t have used that many big words."

“Barry Zito is just the third pitcher in Giants history to begin the season 0-7, and the first to do it in 81 years.
With all the attention Brandon Webb is getting for his 8-0 start, it’s important that we don’t forget about Zito’s record-setting campaign.”

“The Giants said Merkin Valdez is nursing tightness in his right forearm.
Surprisingly, the Giants haven’t put him on the DL. It’s odd that they’d want to take any chances with a pitcher coming back from Tommy John surgery in a year in which they’re not going to contend. But they are the Giants.”

Im just curious as to what Dodger fan they have writing for them. Way to to be unbiassed Rotoworld. I dont know though. I dont really read their non-giants stuff. Maybe they are just all around assholes.