John Maine spent his pregame hours Tuesday eating nachos, flipping through his new Dan Brown novel and quizzing Pedro Feliciano on how he spent his off-day — all before heading outside for a light throwing session. Quickly and efficiently, Maine has assimilated back into big league clubhouse culture.

Now it’s just a matter of assimilating back into the rotation. Maine, fresh off his first three innings since June, will pitch again Sunday against the Nationals. And he should round out the year as a member of an evolving Mets rotation.

This week, the Mets will proceed with a six-man rotation: Pat Misch on Tuesday, followed by Bobby Parnell, Nelson Figueroa, Mike Pelfrey, Tim Redding and Maine. Once that stretch is complete, manager Jerry Manuel will likely remove one of the six from the rotation in order to give the other five more regular work over the final two weeks of the season.


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