Comments on: News: John Maine is Really, Really Good

By: keithc

keithc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:08:18 +0000

I’d been calling him a Cy candidate the entire offseason

yes, even BEFORE the Johan deal, I was happy to roll with what we had, because I saw 18-20 wins for Maine as the #2. Now? Pitching against the other #4′s in the NL? He’s going to be damn near unstoppable.

By: keithc

keithc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:05:47 +0000

I mean, he’s got Pedro, Johan and Maine to talk to about being a starting pitcher. And Pelfrey’s right where Maine was in 2005. You’d think we’d hear more about Pelf going to the other starters, and not, say Billy Wagner (interesting that none of “Big Pelf’”s rotation-mates were photgraphed sporting the BMF tees).

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:18 +0000

to me it doesnt matter who pitches 4th or 3rd, but one thing I dont get is by having perez throw the 3rd game of the year he misses the first series against the braves, a team he has success with. BUT like someone pointed out OP is prone to those awful early exit games and with him in the 4th spot you could KILL the bullpen if he pulls that then we have our black hole 5th spot go out the next day and do the same thing.

By: bobabouy01

bobabouy01 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:28:29 +0000

Just watching the way he’s pitching right now gives me a strong feeling we’re going to have 3 ACES at the top of the rotation…..
and if Ollie’s head can keep up with his arm there won’t be a team in baseball that can come close to touching this rotation !

Let’s all hope the stars align correctly this season…..how great would it be to finish the final season at Shea with a World Championship ??!!

Yeah, I know I’m getting carried away, but it’s fun to think about !

By: Tidewater

Tidewater — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:53:14 +0000

No worries.

By: Mister Koo

Mister Koo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:33:01 +0000

You’re right, missed that. Sorry.

By: Tidewater

Tidewater — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:27:53 +0000

That’s why I wrote: (and really no other). I wasn’t comparing them as pitchers at all.

By: Mister Koo

Mister Koo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:25:12 +0000

True, but Rick Reed was Greg Maddux-esque and did it via pinpoint control. He never was able to completely dominate games and rack up strikeouts like Maine can. Maine has the arsenal and pitching style to be an ace, whereas Reed didn’t.

By: Mister Koo

Mister Koo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:20:56 +0000

The lefty-righty thing is for when you face teams in a short series. You want as much variety as possible and alternating starters will force teams to have to see different styles of pitching from one day to the next and make them change their lineups a bit too.

By: FBones24

FBones24 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:15:58 +0000

I’m shocked too. I completely understand the lefty/righty balance with hitters, but with pitchers it does not make as much sense. Can someone explain to me why there has to be a lefty/righty rotation? It makes no sense. The only way I see Maine as the 4th making any sense is that he can serve as insurance for when Ollie has one of his “blow up” games and gives up 6 runs in 3 innings and wrecks the pen for the next two days.