According to FanGraphs Matt Cain is probably suffering from a national reputation deficit because of his W-L numbers.  Cain is the number two to Tim Lincecum’s number one in San Francisco, and has been the recipient of the bad luck to play for a team who’s leading HR guy has 12 (that’s right, 12) round trippers.  Cain has had his share of well pitched games go as losses or no decisions due to lack of run support.  For now, San Francisco has to feel pretty good about the front end of their rotation, and they have a few other good pieces to build around, such as Fred Lewis.  The question is whether they can build on that foundation before their pieces get dispersed across the rest of the league.