John Maine? (1 Viewer)

[Wooderson]

I have Maine and after a good first start he goes out today and can't even go 5 innings.

Is that the way he is going to be all year? Kind of an all or nothing player. I need to find a SP to drop so I can pick up Weathers. Maine is looking like the guy for me to drop right now.

 

[Funkley]

This is what 75% of the starting pitchers in baseball do.

 

[Wooderson]

This is what 75% of the starting pitchers in baseball do.

Good point.It's just I only have 2 RP's on my roster right now. I drafted a crap load of SP's so I need to make a move on some closers. I have found early in the season is a great time to snag some closers that might have been overlooked on draft day.

 

[Knightro]

Despite what Maine did in his first start, he's just not that good. He sucked with the O's and his success last year with the Muts was due to a very deflated BABIP (.221 when the league norm is closer to .300) and a LOB% of 78% (league average for starters 70-72%). You're going to see a regression to the norm in both stats, ergo, his ERA will be closer to 4.50 than it will 3.50.

Over-rated, clap, clap, clap clap clap

 

[bucs4life_99]

This is what 75% of the starting pitchers in baseball do.

Good point.It's just I only have 2 RP's on my roster right now. I drafted a crap load of SP's so I need to make a move on some closers. I have found early in the season is a great time to snag some closers that might have been overlooked on draft day.

Maine's start could have been a whole lot worse today. He loaded the bases in the third and fourth innings, both with no outs and somehow squeaked out of those jams with only one earned run. He then got pulled when he loaded the bases (again) in the fifth inning. He's one big hit away from getting rocked today, and I don't think he'll be that lucky next time...

 

[joffer]

his problem was control, he only gave up 5 hits.

 

[Ed Wood]

his problem was control, he only gave up 5 hits.

Yep, 6 walks and IIRC 104 pitches = 4.2 IP.I'm high on him. Pitches for a great team. Totally shut down the Cards. There'll be some ups and downs because he's young. 15 wins IMO.

 

[Wooderson]

his problem was control, he only gave up 5 hits.

Yep, 6 walks and IIRC 104 pitches = 4.2 IP.I'm high on him. Pitches for a great team. Totally shut down the Cards. There'll be some ups and downs because he's young. 15 wins IMO.

Thanks that explains why he go pulled so early.

 

[JMJ]

his problem was control, he only gave up 5 hits.

Exactly. Maine's game is all about command of his pitches and hitting spots. He normally does that VERY well. He just didn't have it yesterday. However, he only gave up 2 earned runs on a day where he had 6 WALKS and 5 hits in 4.2 innings. That is amazing. His cutter and his split finger have great downward movement which prevents hitters from hitting them solid when they get a piece of them. This limits the damage to his WHIP and ERA numbers as he gets tons of groundouts.If I told you a pitcher was going to walk 6 batters and give up 5 hits in 4.2 innings ..... would you believe me if I told you he was only going to give up 2 earned runs?