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If you asked John Maine I'm sure he'd be disappointed with his results this year, Maine seems to be his own worst critic and in a year where he looked to expand upon his 15 wins from last season it just hasn't worked out that way. Maine had a great first half in 2007 but struggled in the dog days of the summer, he spoke of this year being more consistent from start to finish but the entire year seems to have been a struggle. In the first half he appeared to be constantly battling his own quest for perfection, which inhibited him from getting past his mistakes.
But the second half has been plagued with injuries. On July 28th Maine was pulled after 4.1 innings of work when the coaching staff noticed something wrong with his shoulder and immediately after that he was placed on the 15 day disabled list. His next two starts coming off the DL were against two very poor teams in Washington and Pittsburgh while he didn't allow a run, he only lasted five inning. In fact in his last 10 starts he's only lasted six or more innings in two of them and in four starts he didn't finish five innings.
Tonight was his first challenge since coming off the DL and while the Astros don't have a great offense it's much better then the first two he faced. The Astros aren't a playoff caliber team and they beat Maine up, scoring eight runs on 10 hits and two walks in 5.2 innings. On the heels of his poor performance, if you weren't already worried the NY Post is now reporting that Maine needs surgery after the season. I'm wonder what he has left for the rest of the season.....
John Maine told The Post after tonight's loss to the Astros that he expects to have arthroscopic surgery after the season to remove a painful bone spur in his right shoulder. Maine, who gave up a season-high eight earned runs in this evening's 8-3 loss, plans to pitch through the pain -- with the New York Mets ' blessing -- for the rest of the season, then have the surgery. "Something's going to have to be done," Maine said. source NY Post
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