{"id":1647,"date":"2011-06-16T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2013-05-28T08:40:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T12:40:02","slug":"did-the-team-waste-6m-on-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Did the team waste $8M on Maya?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are we about to see the last of Yunesky Maya? Photo: Al Bello\/Getty Images via thenatsblog.com<\/p><\/div>\n

In 5 starts last year; Yunesky Maya <\/strong>was 0-3 with a 5.88 era<\/a>, a 1.577 whip and a very bad 69 ERA+.\u00a0 The team lost all 5 games he pitched and he didn’t come close to even recording a quality start.<\/p>\n

He was any one of a number of excuses.\u00a0 He was “rusty.”\u00a0 He was “rushed to the majors.”\u00a0 He was “homesick” and he “missed his family.”\u00a0 He was suffering from a “lack of competition.”\u00a0 All those points were true.\u00a0 The real test for Maya would be spring training 2011.<\/p>\n

He failed to make the rotation out of the spring this past March, but you can’t fault him there.\u00a0 The only rotational guy really in any jeopardy of not making the rotation (by virtue of contract or option status) was Jordan Zimmermann<\/strong>, and even then it was only if he was hurt.\u00a0 So he (by some accounts) sulked to AAA and got pounded his first few starts before sucking it up and starting to pitch like a pro.\u00a0 Because of Detwiler<\/strong>‘s sudden lack of performance in AAA, Maya was first to be called up to make a spot start when Gorzelanny<\/strong> got hurt.<\/p>\n

All the 2010 excuses are now out the window.\u00a0 He’s had a full spring, he’s rested, he should be in playing shape, and he had a bunch of AAA starts.\u00a0 So, what happened?<\/p>\n

He got lit up.\u00a0 Again.<\/p>\n