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Giants | Matt Cain to DL
San Francisco Giants SP Matt Cain (forearm) was placed on the disabled list Tuesday, April 7. The move is retroactive to April 3.  Source: CSNBayArea.com - Andrew Baggarly
 
BHQ take: Cain was diagnosed with a strained flexor tendon, which should sideline him for two weeks or so. That was good news in the context of last August's elbow surgery and the discomfort he's felt off and on since then; ligament damage could have ended his season. Cain's injury, concurrent with Jake Peavy's stiff back, throws a wrench into the Giants' starting rotation in the season's very first series. Ryan...

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