Mets Maine Worry

You won't hear it from the team...yet. You won't hear it from the management...yet. You will hear it from me...now.

I am extremely worried about Maine's arm...he might be shot, done, finito.

Thus far, his 2010 spring training has confirmed that he is not in form, and that the last two years of surgeries and disabled list rests from "shoulder fatigue" and other shoulder ailments may have removed the pain, but not brought back the stuff that made him a capable middle of the rotation starter.

During the off-season a contact I have with deep ties to the Mets organization warned me that "Maine is done" as a starter because "he has a dead arm." "A dead arm? Really?" I was incredulous.

"Yes, it's dead, and his stuff is gone," he reiterated. I didn't believe him and basically laughed him off.

After seeing what Maine is capable of thus far, I am not laughing anymore.

Saturday may tell us the rest of the story, and it will be, by far, the most important outing yet this spring.

John Maine Statistics

Career: Pitching
SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	W	L	SV	HLD	BLSV	ERA
2004	Bal	1	1	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	--	9.82
2005	Bal	10	8	0	0	40.0	39	30	28	8	24	24	2	3	0	0	--	6.30
2006	NYM	16	15	1	1	90.0	69	40	36	15	33	71	6	5	0	0	--	3.60
2007	NYM	32	32	1	1	191.0	168	90	83	23	75	180	15	10	0	0	--	3.91
2008	NYM	25	25	0	0	140.0	122	70	65	16	67	122	10	8	0	0	--	4.18
2009	NYM	15	15	0	0	81.1	67	42	40	8	38	55	7	6	0	0	--	4.43
Total	--	99	96	2	2	546.0	472	276	256	71	240	453	40	33	0	0	--	4.22

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