>>>>>Matt Cain of the Giants signed a contract for $127 million a few days ago, which will run through 2017. With his record of 12-11 last year, I can only say that something is very wrong! What would they pay him if his record was 20-3?
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>>>>Trying hard not to sound too much like a "homer" but...........
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>>>>For the National League Cain was.........
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>>>>5th in WHIP
>>>>8th in ERA
>>>>7th in Innings Pitched
>>>>15th in Strikeouts
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>>>>Looking at Win/Loss is HIGHLY misleading in his case.
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>>>I couldn't have scripted it any better. Cain pitched 9 innings of two hit shutout ball against the Phillies last night and came away with a no decision. It has to be aggravating to pitch for a team that doesn't score runs.
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>>But you left out that Cliff Lee pitched _10_ innings of shutout ball (102 pitches!) and came away with a no decision. It has to be aggravating to pitch for a team that doesn't score runs.
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>An epic pitcher's duel for sure.
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>You made me look at the runs scored and runs allowed stats. I did not know the Phillies have been so feeble so far this season. What's going on?

Howard and Utley are on the DL. The other guys who've been here a while are getting older. So far, the Phils get lots of hits, but they turn into lots of runs. Not many extra-base hits, either.

Tamar