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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Maine Street Leads Outta Town?


So Mets fans, it might be time to start getting realistic in Queens. We are already a couple games below .500 and there's no real hope in sight here. WAIT! That's not how it works on this blog! Let's try to pour it on and shed some light on last night when we need it most right?

So John Maine was roughed up again. This time for 8 earned runs in just 3 innings. Maine hasn't pitched effectively now for 2+ years but that seems like 2 million for Mets fans. It's at this point, we're going to pour the koolaid in a different way. There is good that can be taken out of this. Hopefully, this is the point that the Mets realize it may be time to move on from John Maine as a starter for the New York Mets. Maine is on a one-year $3.3 million deal that makes him relatively negligible as money goes as compared to someone like Oliver Perez.

At the end of the day, you have to look at how we got John Maine, who he is, what he's done, and realize we've gotten more than we've paid for already. Maine came to the Mets before the magical 2006 season as the Mets sent another starter that didn't really work out in Kris Benson (and mostly his wife) to the O's mainly for Jorge Julio to provide some bullpen help. Well, we know Julio went on to become El Duque and both him and Maine proved crucial down the stretch for the Mets in 2006 and into the playoffs.

Maybe now it is Maine that should be sent on. Who knows what we can get for him? Who knows what unexpected prospect is ready to step up like John Maine did in 2006? It looks like the Mets have a few options here. In the short term, they can skip Maine's spot in the rotation and get to Johan Santana a little quicker. They can send Maine down or even to the bullpen.

Over the course of a 162 game season, there are going to be some bad days. For John Maine it looks like there may be more bad days ahead, but for the Mets, this may be the straw that breaks the proverbial camel's back and a new direction is potentially upon us. Who knows what direction that will be except that with a little koolaid added to the mix, we can all remain hopeful.

2 comments:

  1. John Maine is not a major league pitcher anymore. Time to pack it in John... you bum...

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