Maddux and Walker to the Mets?

[texascub]

How about the Cubs send Walker to the Mets for Heilman?

That was rumored last year IIRC. What are Heilman's numbers this year? Might not be bad, and we do have plenty of 2B to replace Walker :roll:

 

4.39 ERA and 1.37 WHIP in 41IP. He's having problems with his release point and he's been very inconsistent so far.

 

For Walker, a guy who is going to be gone after this season, I think that would be a major score. Even if does what he's doing now, he'd easily be our No. 2 starter if we put him in the rotation.

 

Except he's had 0 starts this year and he's only averaging a little over 1IP per game. He's only started in 12 games over the last 3 years, and 5 of them came in 04 when he pitched in 5 games total; I think starter may be out of the questoin now.

[goonys evil twin]

Except he's had 0 starts this year and he's only averaging a little over 1IP per game. He's only started in 12 games over the last 3 years, and 5 of them came in 04 when he pitched in 5 games total; I think starter may be out of the questoin now.

 

Unless he got a chance to start against the Cubs lineup. Then he'd efficiently make it through 6 untarnished innings.

[davearm]

If we could manage to acquire Marcus Giles, than Walker for Heilman looks even better.

[baseball7897]

Heilman would be a longman/spot starter for the Cubs

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I don't really understand the fascination with Heilman.

[Post Count Padder]

I don't really understand the fascination with Heilman.

I''m not really obsessed with him, or overly impressed with his abilities. We're just more or less looking at possible scenarios for a Walker trade. He really isnt that bad though, and unfortunately on this team his stats look even better.

[goonys evil twin]

I don't really understand the fascination with Heilman.

I''m not really obsessed with him, or overly impressed with his abilities. We're just more or less looking at possible scenarios for a Walker trade. He really isnt that bad though, and unfortunately on this team his stats look even better.

 

I'm not obsessed, or fascinated either. But he did have a 132 ERA+ last year at 26. He was a really good 4 year pitcher at ND, 1st round draft selection of the Mets in 2001, and solid minor leaguer. He does have a bit of a control issue, but his walk rates haven't been as bad as Wellemeyer and Leicester, for example. I think he's got one more pre-arbitration season before he starts to lose his value as a decent cheap arm, and has to start producing. He wouldn't be a bad guy to have on the roster, but he couldn't start right away and would not automatically slot in as one of the Cubs best pitchers, as somebody insinuated before.