http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=1039 Hoping for a Miracle since 2005 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:54:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=1039&cpage=1#comment-486425 xmet Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:14:55 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=1039#comment-486425 A summary of Minaya's stellar performance wouldn't be complete without mentioning Heilman. Without getting into arm slot issues (2003 & 2004), when he was sent to the bullpen in 2005 his ERA and other stats were as good or better than Dan Haren's at that time. Both developed well that year, Haren as a starter, Heilman as a reliever. But instead of giving Heilman a shot at starting in 06 they keep him in the pen, and trade for Maine & Perez. Brilliant, cost effective move, especially when the guy pitched a 1 hit shutout in 05. I suspect he would have turned into a solid starter, like Haren, and that if Haren were a Met he would have wound up in the pen. A summary of Minaya’s stellar performance wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Heilman.
Without getting into arm slot issues (2003 & 2004), when he was sent to the bullpen in 2005 his ERA and other stats were as good or better than Dan Haren’s at that time. Both developed well that year, Haren as a starter, Heilman as a reliever.
But instead of giving Heilman a shot at starting in 06 they keep him in the pen, and trade for Maine & Perez.
Brilliant, cost effective move, especially when the guy pitched a 1 hit shutout in 05.
I suspect he would have turned into a solid starter, like Haren, and that if Haren were a Met he would have wound up in the pen.

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