John Maine to the DL
An hour after The New York Times reported that moving John Maine’s start back one day was “not serious“, it was reported on SNY that Maine was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
I’m thinking the Mets might want to reverse things — how about telling us which players are NOT on the DL? It’ll save time.
Maine heads to the DL with “fatigue in the shoulder”, but “it’s nothing serious” according to Maine. Hmm … keep telling us it’s “nothing serious”, and we’ll eventually come to realize it’s anything but.
His entry on the DL is retroactive to June 7th, the day after his last start. Maine’s replacement has not yet been announced, but I’d imagine Nelson Figueroa is due for a callup. Figgy last pitched for Buffalo on June 8th, so he’s right on schedule to start on Saturday. In that last appearance, Figueroa allowed one run on four hits in seven innings, striking out seven.
– OK 2 losses. I had ZERO faith in Pel and Redding against the Phils, especially after they hit 4HR vs JS. But our pitching was better than i thought they would be, agreed on JM. His tendency to have pitchers go 4-6 batters is not one of his strong points. BP after last night should get one inning. Agreed Stokes and Nieve have done nothing to suggest they cant pitch. In fact Nieve has done very well since being obtained and should at least considered for that 7th inning guy.
Overall thse last 2 games were very scrappy affairs and we got out scrapped.
Losing in extra innings isn’t so bad. It’s going into extra innings when you should have won it in 9 that hurts the most… Two days in a row!
If anybody is in NYC on Friday night, there is a Mets fans meetup group having a game watch party at Mustang Harry’s for Friday night’s Mets v. Yankees game. I plan to attend. Anybody else interested?
Mustang Harry’s
352 Seventh Ave. (between 29th & 30th St.)
New York, NY
the “Captcha” phrase for for my last post was “21.3 million”
So I Googled it:
“In 1980 the team was purchased for $21.3 million by Fred Wilpon”
good one, Joe!
For the sake of Maine, I’m glad he’s on the DL, even if the move is strictly precautionary and the only pain he’s feeling now is due to fatigue and the rupture of scar tissue. Because, if the worst case scenario is a torn labrum, it’s better to nip that problem in the bud now rather than after Maine battles through it (a la Pedro Martinez) for another handful of starts.
I agree it appears Figgy is the most logical choice to get the spot start, though I think mic is on to something by mentioning Niese. Not because of trying to increase Niese’s trade value, because you don’t start a guy against the Yankees at the new Yankee Stadium to get that accomplished. It would be because of Niese’s left-handedness, which creates a better matchup against the lefty heavy Yankees, and because of the short porch in right in which RHPs learn to hate after lefty hitters continually deposit 300 foot flyballs into the stands there. Niese is also on schedule to pitch on Saturday (on 5 days rest), so if he’s held out of tonight’s start I think that’s a pretty strong indication that he’ll be getting the nod tomorrow.
Mic also summed it up best: “Overall thse last 2 games were very scrappy affairs and we got out scrapped.” Sounds like a similar story dating back to 2007, afraid to say.
At this point I don’t think your belief needs any fueling, as it’s been announced. If they demote Switzer who comes up?
Jon Niese had an outstanding outing today, easily his best AAA outing ever, he pitched into the 8th, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 7 for his first win of the season. Over his last two outings, he’s allowed just 2 runs on 8 hits with 11 strikeouts over 13.1 innings.
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