Game Thread: 5/15 GDT dogs @ Digging Out

[msgkings322]

Big Mac! I am so rooting for that kid after meeting him and getting autographs with my family

 

[msgkings322]

Hmmm, I guess pitch counts aren't a thing anymore?

 

[1phlapdown]

I'm feeling a Mac dinger here. (no homo)

We'll take it...

 

[SFGRTB]

I keep waiting for the spell to break, but Krukow broke it down on morning radio. Pitchers get older, and lose their velocity, and some never figure out how to pitch effectively in a whole new way (Timmy). But many do. Cain is a talented veteran, who seems to have figured out how to get guys out with location and speed changes. That's all Maddux ever did (not that he's Maddux but you get the point).

So the question is...if the dude finished the year 10-9 with a 4.05 ERA....do you re-sign him? I suppose for a 2 year $20 mil type deal why not?

It's tough for some guys as well because sometimes it's just their fastball that loses it's juice, but all their offspeed remains the same, so basically guys are pitching at 1 speed and can't do anything about it. For Cain, there just wasn't much difference between his FB and offspeed from 2015-2016. This year there has been a little bit bigger spread. And then, as you've said, he's pitching differently. Not better per-say, because Cain hasn't been a "thrower" since 2006/2007, but he's adjusted.

 

[SFGRTB]

Hmmm, I guess pitch counts aren't a thing anymore?

 

[SFGRTB]

Big Mac! I am so rooting for that kid after meeting him and getting autographs with my family

Can't ask for a much better start

 

[1phlapdown]

I keep waiting for the spell to break, but Krukow broke it down on morning radio. Pitchers get older, and lose their velocity, and some never figure out how to pitch effectively in a whole new way (Timmy). But many do. Cain is a talented veteran, who seems to have figured out how to get guys out with location and speed changes. That's all Maddux ever did (not that he's Maddux but you get the point).

So the question is...if the dude finished the year 10-9 with a 4.05 ERA....do you re-sign him? I suppose for a 2 year $20 mil type deal why not?

I think you have to factor in how many innings he gets in/outing. 7 would be great to give the pen a rest, but 5 wears the others down.

 

[SFGRTB]

We'll take it...

Ball hit at 106.

He has the 2 hardest hit balls on the Giants tonight.

 

[LHG]

Hmmm, I guess pitch counts aren't a thing anymore?

I'm a bit surprised that Bochy let him hit (hey, it worked!) and go back out for the 7th. Seems the opposite of what Bochy did about two Cain starts ago (4/29).

 

[SFGRTB]

"Maybe this will finally get Stokes off my back for a bit" -BamBam

"who?" -Boch

 

[msgkings322]

Gotta be Cain's last batter here

 

[LHG]

Gotta be Cain's last batter here

Great time for another double play.

 

[msgkings322]

Yep.

 

[msgkings322]

Great moment at AT&T as Cain gets a standing O like it's 2012

 

[LHG]

Great moment at AT&T as Cain gets a standing O like it's 2012

So that Bryan Morris can come in?!?!?! Uh, Bochy, this game seems a bit close for him to pitch.

 

[SFGRTB]

Great moment at AT&T as Cain gets a standing O like it's 2012

Just got chills.

 

[SFGRTB]

So that Bryan Morris can come in?!?!?! Uh, Bochy, this game seems a bit close for him to pitch.

I'd be okay throwing out his disastrous start because he has pretty good stuff and it's not fair to judge a SSS.

 

[LHG]

I'd be okay throwing out his disastrous start because he has pretty good stuff and it's not fair to judge a SSS.

His last three appearances have been good but I do want to see a few more of those before I dismiss his first two appearances. Those were absolutely awful.

 

[msgkings322]

It's a lot easier to take that giant Dodgers flag out there when we have a 6-1 lead.

 

[Stokes1931]

"Maybe this will finally get Stokes off my back for a bit" -BamBam

"who?" -Boch

When the team starts hitting higher than .250 as a team, and .250 with RISP, then I will consider it.