
CBS Sports | May 18th, 2:36am
Giants pitcher Matt Cain got his third win of the season on Thursday. He gave up four earned runs off eight hits to the Cardinals over six innings of work. Cain would fan six batters and issue one walk before turning the ball over to the bullpen. He did serve up a two-run shot to Matt Holliday in the third inning of the contest, but was able to overcome that and get the win. "Matt was out of sorts...

KFFL | May 17th, 10:36pm
San Francisco Giants SP Matt Cain allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings ...

KFFL | May 13th, 5:13am
San Francisco Giants SP Matt Cain allowed a run and three hits in six innings, ...

CBS Sports | May 13th, 4:53am
Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain was sharp on the mound on Saturday against the Diamondbacks, however he did his best work at the plate, hitting a two-run double in the fifth-inning that would eventually provide the winning margin for his second win of the season. Cain pitched six innings in the game, striking out eight batters and allowing three hits and two walks, however he needed his second-highest...

KFFL | May 7th, 5:49am
San Francisco Giants OF Matt Cain held the Milwaukee Brewers to two runs on six ...

CBS Sports | May 7th, 2:01am
Giants pitcher Matt Cain looked well on his way to his second win of the season on Sunday against the Brewers but the bullpen did him no favors. He allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings of work. The right-hander gave up one in the first before making it through his next four frames unscathed. Then in the sixth, Aramis Ramirez hit a sac fly. He was done after throwing 106 pitches, 71 for strikes,...

CBS Sports | May 2nd, 6:21am
Giants starter Matt Cain was pegged the tough-luck loser during Tuesday night's contest against the Marlins. Cain, who was making his fifth start of the season, allowed two runs on six hits over eight innings in the 2-1 loss, including a RBI single off the bat of Hanley Ramirez in the fourth inning. The only other run he surrendered came in the sixth inning on a solo home run by Giancarlo Stanton....

KFFL | May 2nd, 5:31am
San Francisco Giants SP Matt Cain dropped to 1-2 this season in a 2-1 loss ...

CBS Sports | Apr 25th, 3:37am
Giants pitcher Matt Cain got hit with his first loss of the season on Tuesday night against the Reds. He gave up three earned runs off five hits over his 6 1/3 innings of work. He fanned seven batters and issued two walks before turning the ball over to the bullpen. The Reds would go on to win the game, 9-2, dropping Cain to 1-1 on the year.

KFFL | Apr 25th, 2:21am
San Francisco Giants SP Matt Cain allowed three earned runs, five hits and two walks ...

Matt Cain News Alert
RotoInfo.com | Apr 2nd, 12:06pm
Updated: The Giants and Matt Cain have reached an agreement on a 5 year extension through 2017 with a club/vesting player option for 2018.

Matt Cain News Alert
RotoInfo.com | Apr 2nd, 12:02pm
The Giants and pitcher Matt Cain are reportedly close to a 5 year $100 million dollar contact extension.

ESPN | May 18th, 11:54am
Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the schedule for the week of May 21-27 for the best hitter matchups, two-start pitchers and streaming opportunities.
Beast Dome | May 1st, 5:00pm
Did you start the right pitchers? Take a look at how Muntradamus ranked today's pitchers. As well as his daily salary cap team.

RotoSummit | Apr 29th, 10:37pm
The guys at Rotosummit give you a look at the starting pitchers who will keep you happy, and the ones who will leave you disappointed.

CBS Sports | Apr 29th, 2:08pm
Al Melchior breaks down the best and worst pitching options for the upcoming scoring period in his latest Shuffling the Rotations.
The Fake Baseball | Apr 28th, 4:42pm
The Fake Baseball applies BABIP to some of the hottest starts to the 2012 season.

ESPN | Apr 27th, 5:16pm
Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the schedule for the week of April 30-May 6 for the best hitter matchups, two-start pitchers and streaming opportunities.
The Fake Baseball | Apr 19th, 1:16pm
The Fake Baseball lists some of the top and bottom, performers of last night's baseball action.

Rotoworld | Apr 14th, 2:12pm
Glenn Colton takes a look at underrated veteran hurlers and some interesting potential side effects of the Ellsbury injury in this week's Week That Was.

CBS Sports | Apr 8th, 2:13pm
Who might be some good two-start pitching options for Fantasy Week 2? Our Al Melchior shares his Top 70 pitchers for the upcoming scoring period in his latest edition of Shuffling the Rotations.
After enduring the truncated schedule of Week 1, Fantasy owners will be treated to a much broader range of pitching options for Fantasy Week 2 (April 9-15).
It's also the first week in which everyone...

The New York Times | Apr 7th, 6:17pm
The ability of the San Francisco Giants to retain stars like Matt Cain depends largely on having prospects turn into low-cost, high-impact players.
Matt Cain Stats - Fantasy Baseball 2012
| W | L | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | |
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| 2012 to date | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 2.67 | 0.82 |
| last 30 days | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 3.24 | 1.05 |
| last 7 days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 1.50 |
Matt Cain Projections - Fantasy Baseball 2012
| Source | G | W | L | IP | H | ER | K | BB | ERA | WHIP |
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| Zeile Consensus FantasyPros | 32 | 14 | 10 | 212 | 180 | 75 | 171 | 63 | 3.17 | 1.15 |
| ZiPS Projections Baseball Think Factory | 32 | 14 | 8 | 213 | 183 | 72 | 171 | 62 | 3.04 | 1.15 |
| Staff Projections WhatIfSports | 32 | 18 | - | 218 | 173 | 67 | 169 | 65 | 2.77 | 1.09 |
| CAIRO Projections RLYW.net | 32 | 13 | 10 | 213 | 172 | 76 | 171 | 64 | 3.21 | 1.11 |
| Site Projections NumberFire | - | 15 | - | 217 | 196 | 75 | 176 | 64 | 3.13 | 1.20 |
| Marcel Projections TangoTiger.net | 29 | 11 | 9 | 193 | 159 | 65 | 156 | 56 | 3.01 | 1.11 |
| Site Projections ESPN | 34 | 14 | - | 226 | 190 | 77 | 185 | 63 | 3.07 | 1.12 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | - | 17 | 8 | 210 | 171 | 67 | 169 | 62 | 2.87 | 1.11 |
| Clay Davenport Clay Davenport | 30 | 12 | 10 | 199 | 183 | 80 | 157 | 58 | 3.61 | 1.21 |
| Steamer Projections Steamer Blog | 31 | 11 | 11 | 185 | 184 | 80 | 150 | 58 | 3.87 | 1.31 |
| Site Projections TG Fantasy Baseball | 33 | 13 | 10 | 222 | 180 | 73 | 177 | 64 | 2.96 | 1.10 |
| Site Projections KFFL | - | 12 | - | 213 | 181 | 78 | 170 | 65 | 3.30 | 1.15 |
| Site Projections CBS Sports | - | 13 | 11 | 220 | 183 | 81 | 181 | 68 | 3.31 | 1.14 |
| FANS Projections FanGraphs | 33 | 13 | 10 | 222 | 191 | 77 | 186 | 64 | 3.11 | 1.15 |
Matt Cain Rankings - Fantasy Baseball 2012
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| Expert Consensus Rank # for Starting Pitchers | Player Notes | |
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| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 8 |
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| Zach Sanders FanGraphs | # 9 |
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| James Meyerriecks Fantasy Info Central | # 10 |
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| Joseph Buccellato Fantasy League GM | # 11 |
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| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 11 |
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| Staff Rankings Athlon Sports | # 11 |
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| Staff Composite Yahoo! Sports | # 12 |
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| Nick Fleder The Hardball Times | # 12 |
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| Kevin Hanson EDSBaseball | # 12 |
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| Jon Connolly Fantasy Baseball Champ | # 12 |
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| Jesse Sakstrup RotoSummit | # 13 |
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| John Halpin Fox Sports | # 13 |
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| Tristan Cockcroft ESPN | # 13 |
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| Brandon Funston Yahoo! Sports | # 13 |
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| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 13 |
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| Brien Bonneville The Fake Baseball | # 13 |
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| Eno Sarris FanGraphs | # 13 |
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| Matt Viere Fantasy Sports Prime | # 13 |
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| Sablich Brothers The New York Times | # 14 |
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| Howard Bender Fantasy Baseball Buzz | # 14 |
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| Ryan Fowler Fox Sports | # 14 |
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| Staff Rankings Fantasy Baseball Dugout | # 14 |
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| Staff Rankings ESPN | # 14 |
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| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 14 |
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| Matt Gelfand Baseball HQ | # 14 |
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| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Sports Empires | # 14 |
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| Joel Beall Fox Sports | # 14 |
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| Ben Pritchett The Hardball Times | # 14 |
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| Brad Johnson The Hardball Times | # 15 |
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| D.J. Short Rotoworld | # 15 |
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| Reggie Yinger Baseball Press | # 15 |
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| Mike Harmon Fox Sports | # 15 |
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| Ryan Lester Lesters Legends | # 15 |
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| Mike Podhorzer FanGraphs | # 15 |
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| Zach Greubel Win My Fantasy League | # 15 |
“Cain is a very Abel pitcher, especially in the NL West, unless he's pitching at Coors Field.” @ZachGreubel , Feb 3rd |
| Brad Evans Yahoo! Sports | # 16 |
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| Derek Gerberich Midwest Sports Fans | # 16 |
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| Staff Rankings Baseball Sharks | # 16 |
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| Site Projections KFFL | # 16 |
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| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 16 |
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| Staff Rankings FFToolbox | # 17 |
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| Tim Young MLB Soup | # 17 |
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| Robert Bishop Fake Teams | # 17 |
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| Eric Radom Fans Fantasy Football | # 17 |
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| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 17 |
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| Gavin Tachibana Fantasy Baseball Champ | # 17 |
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| Jason Sarney Fantasy Phenoms | # 18 |
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| Site Rankings CBS Sports | # 18 |
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| Eric Mack Sports Illustrated | # 18 |
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| Josh Cohen TO Fantasy Sports | # 18 |
“Cain as about as consistent as it gets year in and year out. Nobody has mastered beating his xFIP more than him. He is always near the top in quality starts. It's not his fault the Giants can't score runs.” @tofantasysports, Mar 15th |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 18 |
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| Site Rankings Fantasy Smack Talk | # 22 |
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| Josh Shepardson The Hardball Times | # 25 |
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| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 26 |
“Cain had an ERA under 3.00 and a whip around 1.00. He only won 12 games playing for the small ball Giants. His stuff is elite, he will probably fall short of 200 Ks, but do everything else great. Just temper your expectations on the wins.” @Muntradamus, Mar 27th |
| Jeff Zimmerman FanGraphs | # 28 |
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