Former pitching staff ace has battled elbow issues the past two seasons
He’ll enter spring training as the rotation’s No. 4 or 5 starting pitcher
Team hopes Cain will throw 200 innings in 2016
SAN FRANCISCO
Matt Cain is the longest-tenured player in the Giants’ clubhouse. As spring training commences for his 12th major-league season, the right-handed pitcher might also be the team’s biggest question mark.
Cain, the one-time ace of the Giants’ rotation, is at age 31 trying to regain a semblance of that form after elbow injuries cost him parts of the past two seasons.