Hereās the Baseball Cube report on Scott Maine who the Cubs just picked up in the Aaron Heilman trade.
6ā4ā Maine (no relation to John) had a 10.0 strikeout/9 IP ratio over his minor league career but control might be an issue (55 walks in 120+ innings). The good news is that he seems to have settled down in that area in 2009 allowing only 22 free passes in 62. Not great but ok.
Maine hasnāt started a game since his college days at Miami. Since then itās been strictly been out of the pen for him. Heās had his share of experience with pitching with the game on the line with 13 career minor league saves.
That said, the scouting reports on him show his prospects as a probable middle reliever. Now that heās with the Cubs, I donāt see that changing.
Reports also say that he may be up a soon as early next year.