martin wrote: i know heath bell has never been thin, but he is looking like he is really putting on weight. i remember before last year he said rollerbladed from his house to spring training every day and had lost weight. looks like he is getting big again. i would say he is a lazy and should lose weight, but i am not convinced weight is a negative for a pitcher. I think some weight around the middle aint a bad thing for a pitcher. Maybe Bells uni is a tad too tight, cuz he keeps pulling at it in all the usual joints.