News: John Maine is Really, Really Good
In yesterday’s win over the O’s, John Maine threw six innings, allowed one hit and no runs.
Maine has a 1.85 ERA this spring.
He received a standing ovation from Mets fans sitting behind the team’s dugout.
In a post to his blog for the New York Post, Joel Sherman writes:
“The Orioles are terrible…But it is hard to dismiss what John Maine did to them on Monday…and really what he has done all spring. He worked harder on his body in the offseason. Just standing next to him, you can see that while still slender that he added more definition to his upper body. You try to ignore spring results, but John Maine is making it hard to ignore him.”
…thanks to Peter Wade, a great MetsBlog researcher, for the link…
In his first 21 starts last season, Maine was 12–5 with a 2.92 ERA, however he was 3–5 with a 6.14 ERA in his final 11 starts.
…maine was outstanding through much of last year…he hit a rough spot during the dog days of summer, but keep in mind that last year was his first full, successful, marathon season, and so it’s understandable that he would run out of gas a bit…this year, though, will be a pivotal season for maine, since he should have no more excuses to fall back on…frankly, with the way he has pitched this spring, i’m not sure he’ll need any excuses…
For more on Maine, read the Bergen Record, Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, Journal News and Star-Ledger.
