Maine update …

June

“I had nothing on my fastball tonight,’’ John Maine said.

Although Jerry Manuel said the team will monitor him to see how is arm is tomorrow, Maine said his arm was a little tired tonight and expects to make his next start.

Brian Schneider said Maine was throwing in the low 90s, but his fastball had no movement. Schneider would have been more concerned about a possible injury if his fastball were in the 80s.

Keep you posted.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 10:51 pm by John Delcos.
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6 Responses to “Maine update …”

paulunde July 1st, 2008 at 12:18 am
I keep waiting for Maine to put it all together. Coming out of spring training, he gave us much to look forward to. I was expecting he would establish himself as a solid #2 starter. Truthfully, he has been quite a disappointment. If he keeps pitching the way he has been for a large part of the season, he’ll be a a #3 or #4 – but not much better than that. I think we all look to this guy as a solid piece to the future of this rotation. Other than a few starts here or there, he has not deserved that kind of consideration.
runnin rebel July 1st, 2008 at 3:40 am
Regardless of how Maine pitched, I cannot help but think that those three errors and their weak offense had more to do with why the Mets lost.
dave July 1st, 2008 at 9:58 am
I think it was Darling who said in response to the dead arm comment that Johnnie Maine needs to bring a changeup or curve if the fastball aint working.
Taylor July 1st, 2008 at 11:29 am
It happens. Maine is good. You can’t have it every night.
Taylor July 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Maine’s K-rate is down from 8.7/9 last year to 7.3/9 this year.
The Coop July 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
If you think big picture and going back to most of Maine’s starts he has very high pitch counts going short into games. That changed in his last start and he seems to respond well to Warthen’s suggestions, at least at first. Of course we are approaching ASB, and he’s gotta have a tired arm. I wouldn’t be averse to skipping his next start or giving him a few days extra rest. As Taylor says, it happens. at the end of the year, Maine will be the best starter. I stand by my prediction of 18 wins.

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