Comments on: Cain Watch #3

By: FairweatherFan

FairweatherFan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:53:36 +0000

Over in Giants land, we love this kid. We are all also extremely worried that he is going to show up in the locker room one day and start shooting.

By: Kevin Orris

Kevin Orris — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:49:54 +0000

I think the third book in the Seidman series should detail every start from 2007 for Cain. It’s rediculous if you watch some of them.

Can you imagine if Cain had the temper of Kyle Farnsworth? He would have broken his hand punching walls at least 16 times last year.

By: Eric Seidman

Eric Seidman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:12:54 +0000

Yeah, I would tend to think his walks will come down. In his first start he was charged with four walks and was squeezed on three of them. I didn’t catch his second start visually but I know his first start’s walks were a bit deceiving. I definitely agree it prevents him from staying in the game.

I really started to think about this – imagine if Cain pitches in these terrible conditions for another four years or so, he could end up with a W-L record close to 20-25 games under .500, and yet he is just unlucky, not necessarily pitching poorly at all. Last year was ridiculous.

Fun factoid – last year Cain had 18 starts wherein he gave up 2 or less runs… and went 5-7 with 6 no decisions in them.

By: David Appelman

David Appelman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:04:44 +0000

The Giants used to have a this strategy with Jason Schmidt, where they’d leave him in for like 140 pitches so they wouldn’t have to use the bullpen. Maybe they need to leave Cain in there for that long too!

Sarcasm aside, the walks are not good and they’re really cutting his starts short. When you’re tied with Daniel Cabrera in BB/9 you’re going to be in trouble even if you do have a good offense behind you.