New York Mets: Aaron Heilman, What a Joke

Taylor Smith explains why the Mets should highly consider trading Aaron "Blow The Game" Heilman for someone who can actually pitch.

by Taylor Smith (Scribe)

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April 28, 2008

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It's pretty simple—Aaron Heilman has been quite the scene to watch this year. 

The New York Mets have lost three games this season due to the collapse of the bullpen.  Two out of the three fall on Heilman's shoulders.

Since Heilman started pitching for the Mets, it has all gone downhill. 

For the past three years, his innings pitched went down along with his record (2005, 5-3, 2006, 4-5, 2007, 7-7).

He has not helped the Mets as much as they need him to.  If he is not going to pitch as much as he has in his past years, how will he be helping the Mets the rest of the season?

Not to mention, he cannot perform under pressure.  His postseason record of 1-1 and an ERA of 3.68 is not good enough for the Mets to get through the playoffs. 

Now I am a very big Met fan, but they rely on him too much.  He has already pitched in 14 of the 24 games so far. 

His ERA of 6.43 just shows why he has lost two of the three for the Mets.  He has also given up four home runs already—that is half of what he had during all of last season.

The Mets should strongly think about trading Heilman for someone who can get the job done and not blow two out of three games.   

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  1. reply to comment by Dan
    5 months ago

    Well, he's already been demoted from the 8th inning guy to coming in anywhere from the 5th to the 7th.

    He actually has posted superb numbers against righties so far this season, so I don't think he is completely useless...yet.

    Who do you think they can get to eat up all of the innings he has thrown over the last handfulof seasons?

    1. by Taylor
      from 5 months ago

      I think a lot of people can get the job done, I just want Hielman out of here.

  2. reply to comment by Brian
    5 months ago

    Duaner Sanchez is the ideal 8th inning man for the Mets right now and Aaron Heilman is just terrible. Ship him to a team that is desperate for pitching and get a ham sandwich for him I don't care.

    1. by Matt
      from 5 months ago

      No way dude i would deffinetly shoot for an italian combo. I know it might be high price for Heilmann though.

  3. reply to comment by Taylor
    5 months ago

    Thank you Brian. Duaner Sanchez is perfect for them. (Enjoyed the Ham Sandwich part)

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