My MAIN man John Maine?
How Exciting Is This
When we acquired this guy it didn't generate a lot of excitement. Most people didn't even know we got him or who he was.
A pitcher in his mid-twenties that had yet to hack it in the bigs. An afterthought, maybe a long man.
Still, we knew he had the stuff, or at least that is what we read.
We knew he was a prospect who maybe could surprise us.
After his first start we didn't see it, but then he came on. He looked brilliant in starts two and three to the point where Happy Will swears this guy will factor into our rotation for the next 10 years.
That's right, Pelfrey and Humber and...
Alay Soler.
Today is one of those, let's not get too excited, instead, let's pray that we actually have a #4-5 here kinda days.
Over his last two starts John Maine has looked lights out for the New guys, tossing 17 scoreless in two Met victories.
He has relied heavily on a 90-92 mph fastball with late movement to
dominate two Central division opponents, the Astros and the Cubs.
And sure, it has been exciting to watch. The guy has looked really good.
But the train needs to stop there, guys. At least for now.
Every day at work I talk to the same 5-10 people about the Mets. Led by the king of the superlative Kenny From Camp (Note: the only person more superlative-filled than the Sip) I hear every day about how players and games and managerial decision are the all-time worst or the best ever.
By no means am I trying to make KFC look like a chump here. Instead, he is a masterful Mets fan with an enthusiasm for this team that I wish I had.
But KFC, like Happy Will, like Timmy the Kid like Sal from Queens, like pretty much every Mets fan that dons orange and blue needs to hold the fuck up with this kid.
As great as Maine has looked over his last two starts, we need to realize that this is a 25 year old kid who has floated around the bigs for four years.
He is not the new missing piece in the Barry Zito trade that will allow us to keep Lastings at Shea.
Once a top pitching prospect in Baltimore a few years back, Maine was cast away as a throw-in in the Benson-Julio deal.
Not even Baltimore's June 22, 2004's fan of the game and nominee for NYC paralegal of the year, OBF Schubes, cared about this guy leaving. And man, does this guy LOVE Baltimore.
I'm not trying to be classic pessimistic Sip. I'm actually more optimistic than you think. That Maine was once so highly regarded might mean that a different setting was all he needed.
Unlike Soler, who featured an 87 mph fastball with little movement as one of his featured pitches, Maine has a very heavy 92-93 mph fastball with which he will never have to rely on pinpoint control to dominate. Instead, this guy can just reach back and throw.
There are certainly reasons to be excited about John Maine.
But we all need to calm down about his last two starts. Big league pitchers pitch around 32 starts in a season.
John Maine has thrown about 10 in his career.
Cautiously optimistic.
VCD,
SM
While it didn't fit into today's piece, I wanted to give a big shout out to Waluigi himself, Jose Valentin.
Well done, Jose. Not being Kaz is already enough for me and I like to think most Met fans. But the fact that this guy has been great with the bat and for the most part, sans yesterday, solid with the glove, well, what a pleasant surprise.
When we acquired this guy it didn't generate a lot of excitement. Most people didn't even know we got him or who he was.
A pitcher in his mid-twenties that had yet to hack it in the bigs. An afterthought, maybe a long man.
Still, we knew he had the stuff, or at least that is what we read.
We knew he was a prospect who maybe could surprise us.
After his first start we didn't see it, but then he came on. He looked brilliant in starts two and three to the point where Happy Will swears this guy will factor into our rotation for the next 10 years.
That's right, Pelfrey and Humber and...
Alay Soler.
Today is one of those, let's not get too excited, instead, let's pray that we actually have a #4-5 here kinda days.
Over his last two starts John Maine has looked lights out for the New guys, tossing 17 scoreless in two Met victories.
He has relied heavily on a 90-92 mph fastball with late movement to
dominate two Central division opponents, the Astros and the Cubs.
And sure, it has been exciting to watch. The guy has looked really good.
But the train needs to stop there, guys. At least for now.
Every day at work I talk to the same 5-10 people about the Mets. Led by the king of the superlative Kenny From Camp (Note: the only person more superlative-filled than the Sip) I hear every day about how players and games and managerial decision are the all-time worst or the best ever.
By no means am I trying to make KFC look like a chump here. Instead, he is a masterful Mets fan with an enthusiasm for this team that I wish I had.
But KFC, like Happy Will, like Timmy the Kid like Sal from Queens, like pretty much every Mets fan that dons orange and blue needs to hold the fuck up with this kid.
As great as Maine has looked over his last two starts, we need to realize that this is a 25 year old kid who has floated around the bigs for four years.
He is not the new missing piece in the Barry Zito trade that will allow us to keep Lastings at Shea.
Once a top pitching prospect in Baltimore a few years back, Maine was cast away as a throw-in in the Benson-Julio deal.
Not even Baltimore's June 22, 2004's fan of the game and nominee for NYC paralegal of the year, OBF Schubes, cared about this guy leaving. And man, does this guy LOVE Baltimore.
I'm not trying to be classic pessimistic Sip. I'm actually more optimistic than you think. That Maine was once so highly regarded might mean that a different setting was all he needed.
Unlike Soler, who featured an 87 mph fastball with little movement as one of his featured pitches, Maine has a very heavy 92-93 mph fastball with which he will never have to rely on pinpoint control to dominate. Instead, this guy can just reach back and throw.
There are certainly reasons to be excited about John Maine.
But we all need to calm down about his last two starts. Big league pitchers pitch around 32 starts in a season.
John Maine has thrown about 10 in his career.
Cautiously optimistic.
VCD,
SM
While it didn't fit into today's piece, I wanted to give a big shout out to Waluigi himself, Jose Valentin.
Well done, Jose. Not being Kaz is already enough for me and I like to think most Met fans. But the fact that this guy has been great with the bat and for the most part, sans yesterday, solid with the glove, well, what a pleasant surprise.
posted by Sippy Momo at 2:04 PM
1 Comments:
i am dead serious when i ask this question, 'Where is KAz now?'
also Goooooooo Maine. fuk his past he spearheaded 2 huge victories within the last 9 days. Maine averaged 8 innings in his last two starts.no other met pitcher can say they did that in back to back starts all year long. Even if this is his last good stretch, he deserves a kudos. as does Beltran for reachin base and mr Valentin to be anti arod/ chris woodward aka clutch when bases are loadde.
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