John Harper of the Daily News writes, that even though the Mets didn't acquire a big name pitcher such as Barry Zito or Daisuke Matsuzaka, they still have some very good potential aces within the organization: Mike Pelfrey, John Maine, Oliver Perez and Phil Humber.
Harper says that he thinks that Maine could be better than all the others as he quoted a Mets official saying, "He could be better than Pelfrey and Humber. He's got that live fastball, and his changeup has come a long way. He's coming fast."
...maine is nothing close to Pelfrey or Humber. Pelfrey and Humber are guys who can be aces. By aces I mean top of the rotation (No. 1 and No. 2) pitchers.
...while I have high hopes for Maine, I think he is something more like a Ted Lilly type pitcher. A guy who can eat up a lot of innings, win 10-15 games during the regular season, plus win big games in the playoffs.
P.S. finally there is a sportswriter who finds something positive to do with the rotation. Kudos to Harper.
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