Talk:Mets Need to Stand Pat/@comment-MetsJetsDevils-2006050974123

"Nearly 38% of the balls he hit into play became hits, which was poor enough to give him the ninth-worst BABIP of any pitcher in baseball."

Like I said, he is not a very good pitcher. Look, going into the season Heilman was better than some of the people the Mets had starting. The Mets feel that Heilman is more valuable pitching the 7th inning than going every 5 days. Look at how the Mets starting pitching is structured. Especially early in the season, our top 2 pitchers are 6 inning guys. We need someone to consistently get us from the 7th to the 8th to the 9th. With Heilman, Sanchez, Wagner this might be the best we have ever had at doing that. Neither Heath Bell, Jorge Julio, or Chad Bradford can do what Heilman does. Even Bell&quot;s numbers at Norfolk aren&quot;t that good. He is giving up over a hit an inning to AAA players. Jose Lima is a veteran pitcher, with good control and tons of experience. Rather than restructure the bullpen that has been so effective, I can live with Lima every 5th day until Bannister and Maine come back.