Rout another sign that time is running out on Matt Cain, Jake Peavy

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How much should a baseball team value loyalty? The San Francisco Giants, a franchise known for sticking with veterans who have helped them win in the past, will have to answer that question once again in the coming weeks. Maybe sooner.

Matt Cain, who has won 97 games for the franchise and helped them win World Series titles in 2010 and 2012 when he compiled a 2.10 ERA over eight postseason starts, is 0-4 with a 7.84 ERA this season. The Colorado Rockies roughed him up — to put it gently — for 10 hits and eight runs in Thursday’s 17-7 rout that included a 13-run fifth inning (the biggest in Rockies history). Jake Peavy, who helped the team win the 2014 World Series and is regarded as one of the best teammates in the game, is 1-3 with a 9.00 ERA this season. The Giants are 3-9 in the 12 games the two have started and have allowed 91 runs those games. Combined, Cain and Peavy have allowed 91 hits and 59 runs in 60 innings.

As the late, great Dizzy Dean once said, “I ain’t what I used to be. But who the hell is?”

Matt Cain has given up 19 earned runs over his past four starts. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images

The struggles of Cain and Peavy come at an interesting time, considering ex-Giants ace Tim Lincecum is having a showcase event in Arizona on Friday. Scouts and representatives from an estimated 20 teams will be on hand to see how Lincecum looks in his recovery from hip surgery last September. Bruce Bochy indicated the other …

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