SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy finally made the call on the Giants’ fifth starter, and in what shouldn’t be much of a surprise to anyone, it’ll be veteran right-hander Matt Cain.
Despite a shaky spring, Cain was the pick over rookie left-hander Ty Blach, who will make the club as a swing man pitching short and long relief and possibly spot start if needed.
Cain, in the final year of a five-year deal that will pay him $20 million in 2017, posted a 7.82 ERA in spring training following a rough 2016 campaign in which he was 4-8 with a 5.64 ERA. But Bochy saw a pitcher who plowed through early spring adversity and showed enough improvement to win the job.
“I thought Matt handled everything well, he was healthy, he threw strikes, and he got better as it went,” said Bochy said. “His command of his secondary pitches really came around there at the end, so he deserves to be our fifth starter right now.”
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