Heilman is

[Frayed Knot]

mario25 wrote: I have been saying Heilman is not right for the 7th and 8th innings for a long time

Then you've been wrong for a long time.
From Duaner's injury on he was almost exclusively an 8th inning guy for around a season and a half and when he was he posted numbers that look like this:

123 IP; 97 Hits; 96 Ks; 31 BBs; 9 HRs; 1.04 WHiP; 2.92 ERA

The situations he's being used in aren't the source of his problems, lousy pitching is -- unless you've got an explanation why his desire to start or the inning is suddenly affecting him now but didn't up until now.

[Guest mario25]

The stats look nice and all but out of those 97 hits it seems like they all led to Met losses... there is alot to be said for stats now a days.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yeah, those "seems" stats are the worst.

[Guest mario25]

Just an opinion..I never felt he was as good as Sanchez was before he was injured. I think alot of Mets fans would agree that Heilman could use a different role or a new team.

[Guest AG/DC]

I've been in New York for two days and heard more irrational hatred for Aaron Heilman than I can bear. The guy has given people three straight years of fine pitching. How they've gone from "let him start" to "let him die" is maddening.

[Elster88]

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