Health: Maine will have MRI on Stiff Shoulder
John Maine was removed from last night’s game in the fifth inning with what the 
team described as ‘right shoulder stiffness.’
Following the game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that Maine will travel to New York today for an MRI, or a ‘picture,’ as he put it.
According to Manuel, Maine had been experiencing slight discomfort in the back of his right shoulder prior to yesterday’s start, but team doctors cleared him to pitch.
Manuel said he and pitching coach Dan Warthen were concerned that Maine was adjusting his delivery, thus putting further stress on the shoulder and so, as Manuel said, ‘I got him out of there.’
Nevertheless, Maine told Manuel and reporters that he intends to make his next start.
Manuel, however, feels otherwise, telling reporters:
“I told him, ‘If there’s any, any, any pain, you will miss a start.’ You don’t pitch with that. Not John Maine.”
Maine was visibly unhappy after being removed, but later told reporters, “I felt like I could go out there and pitch, but they didn’t want to take any chances…It was the right decision.”
