I mean, Heilman gives up the bomb(s). He's more jekyll and hyde than perez - sometimes he's lights out, but (far too frequently) he comes in and gives up a game-changing 2 or 3 run jack. He's way too inconsistent.
But, you can hardly get spun up about Heilman with the meager offense as an available topic for discussion. Yet again, our "prolific" offense shows absolutely nothing against a hack pitcher that's been destroyed by everyone else in the league, especially recently. Not to mention, we've lost both of our first two June series.
It will be interesting to see if the return of Alou, Green, and Valentin turns the offense around. I wouldn't be surprised, because if you look at the teams that score a lot of runs (Yankees, Red Sox, ..), they typically get better than average production out of their 1-2 and 6-7-8 guys. Assuming for the most part that most top teams have comparable 3-4-5 guys, the difference is the other guys. I'm sorry, but Newhan is an automatic out, and Gomez is not someone we should need to lean on at this point in his career.
Also, I really think they should move Lo Duca back to 2 spot. There is a better match between Reyes-Lo Duca than any other pairing. Two reasons for this: first, Lo Duca doesn't mind taking a strike if it gives Reyes a chance to steal. He strikes out so infrequently it doesn't bother him. Second, he is more likely to come through with a single with Reyes on base than any other guy I've seen Mets put in 2 spot. It just seemed we used to have a much better rhythm with Reyes - Duke - Beltran. I can remember how frequently we used to score in first inning, and everyone would point out what an advantage Mets had to always score first.
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Couldn't have said it better myself..
http://www.metsgeek.com/articles/2007/06/07/daily-mets-recap-june-7th-2007/
Did I say that Eaton was pitching? At least the Phillies claimed it was Eaton, he of the abominable ERA against all teams that don’t wear blue-and-orange uniforms. Judging by the results last night, I suspect it was actually Roy Oswalt in disguise. He struck out the meat of the Mets order in the bottom of the second, featuring a nice heater and a tight curve that froze David Wright. Seriously, it had to be Oswalt under that cap.
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The ball was still hit deep enough to score anyone faster than Keith Hernandez (and by that I mean the current, 53-year old Hernandez), but Delgado jogged off from third as if he didn’t have a care in the world. He even looked back toward right when he was midway down the line – perhaps he thought Victorino was joking. He wasn’t, and Delgado was out by a mile. Request permission to boo? Permission granted. (SHK: I must say, it was shocking to me how much of a mile Delgado was out by. For a team that has hit a hideous scoring dry spell, that was called out for being lackluster, and prompted by Wright and Wagner to play harder, his effort was atrocious.)
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So the home team was up 2-0 after six. What could possibly go wrong? Aaron Heilman, that’s what. Coming on in the seventh, he walked Aaron Rowand, gave up a single to Abraham Nunez, and two outs later, served up a meatball to Jimmy Rollins, who hit a three-run bomb to right. I don’t want to overreact, but I think Heilman is the worst pitcher who ever lived, and possibly the worst person as well.
Goat: Heilman. The offense. The Indian burial ground hiding beneath Shea Stadium.
Heh:
I don’t want to overreact, but I think Heilman is the worst pitcher who ever lived, and possibly the worst person as well.
Do you think he dislikes heilman just a bit?
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