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John Maine (strained rotator cuff) is slated to be activated off the disabled list and start against Washington Wednesday, the NY News reports. To clear room for Maine, the Mets optioned Carlos Muniz to Triple-A New Orleans. Brian Stokes will work out of the bullpen, and may get an occasional start down the stretch to give extra rest to the five regular starters. Maine threw a 61-pitch simulated game Friday and has had no issues since then, paving the way for his activation. Maine is a nice two-start sleeper for Fantasy Week 21 (Aug. 18-24) at this point. Watch his return start before considering him, though. He had been struggling with high pitch counts, looking like a five-inning pitcher, which is real bad news on a team struggling mightily in the bullpen. Don’t worry too much about Maine becoming a reliever, though, because he has the potential to be one of the Mets true aces down the stretch. (Rotowire, CBS Sports)

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