Matt Cain Injury: Updates on Giants Star's Forearm and Return

Matt Cain just can't catch a break.

After being lost for the season midway through the 2014 campaign, the San Francisco Giants ace is once again dealing with an injury. 

Continue for updates.

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Cain Placed on DL 

Tuesday, April 7

Cain has been placed on the disabled list retroactive to April 4, per MLBRosterMoves on Twitter. Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle added:

On April 6, Schulman reported that Cain is dealing with forearm tightness.

After the Giants' 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cain provided more information, via Schulman:

Manager Bruce Bochy said it's a "two-week thing", and that it's not serious, per Schulman. Bochy also confirmed that Chris Heston will start in his place on April 8th, according to Schulman. 

Cain, 30, appeared in just 15 games last season, finishing 2-7 with a 4.18 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 70 strikeouts in 90.1 innings pitched. He was already coming off of a disappointing 2013 season that saw him finish 8-10 with a 4.00 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 158 strikeouts in 184.1 innings pitched, hardly the form that saw him establish himself as one of the better pitchers in the National League.

Getting him back certainly seemed as though it would give San Francisco a dangerous rotation, the last thing the other teams in the National League wanted to see after the Giants won their third World Series in five years last season, largely on the back of ace Madison Bumgarner. 

Now, the Giants will be hoping Cain's absence isn't a lengthy one and that he can quickly return to the form that made him a three-time All-Star earlier in his career. If Cain gets healthy and returns to ace status, the Giants are going to be tough to beat.