Minaya On The Mets

The one thing that worries me is that The Mets will tarde off Heilman and he will turn right into a WORK horse. Pitching 8 solid innings every game. So I say give the man a chance or make sure WE get someone OR something spectacular in return. Minaya had done good things for this team but he has done bad. I am not one to dwell on the bad but honestly Minaya did not deserve that contract extension at all.

Has a Met fan I always hope for the best so I wish my team luck and smart shopping this off season. Cant wait for the first deal.

Man, Minaya SUCK!!! He can only get latin talent. (though i hate when rsd n clark n addison call em the metinos, that's just racist)

"The one thing that worries me is that The Mets will tarde off Heilman and he will turn right into a WORK horse."

Oh, of course. No doubt that will happen once the Mets move him. He will probably end up in St Louis or Oakland and become a 200 inning 15 game winner with a 4.00ish era.

The people who use the "he only has 2 pitches" garbage when stating the case against him are a joke. John Maine throws one pitch. Sure, he throws a changeup and a slider, but both are just awful pitches with no consistency whatsoever and he gets by okay. Heilman's second best pitch is easily better then Maine's. Mike Pelfrey also throws a slider and a changeup, and those pitches also are not plus ML pitches because they are not consistent and he cannot locate them. Johan Santana works primarily with a Fastball/Changeup combo, and doesn't throw a very good slider. Atleast he barely used it in 08, and still pitched great. Oliver Perez also only throws two pitches. That is the Mets whole staff. Heilman has a plus fastball, a 2 seam fastball, and a very good changeup. He also has a slider that is nothing special, but it isn't much worse off then Pelf or Maine's sliders. He may or may not have success as a starter, but he certainly has the quality stuff to be a starter.

Now I understand if you don't want him in the rotation, but at least come up with an legit reason, and not just some stupid reason that you copied from some other tool that doesn't know what he is talking about either.

"I haven't heard but I'm sure the local radio (WFAN) has to be destroying Heilman for this talk."

That'd probably just be Mike Francessa ranting to himself about useless/made-up stats and stories like he does all the time.

Does Heilman even have that much value to him? What would they even get back in return, a mid-level prospect? Tell Heilman to F off and have him do his job as a reliever.