Aaron Heilman

With news Tuesday that New York Mets closer Billy Wagner is out indefinitely with increased inflammation in his left elbow, manager Jerry Manuel and the National League East leaders are left scrambling for options at the back end of the bullpen. Aaron Heilman was thought to be the other guy in...  

Large Pelf about to take the Shea Stadium mound on yet another perfect April night in August.  

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Billy Wagner, the closer for the New York Mets, could miss the rest of the season due to his elbow inflammation, according to mlb.com. Wagner was previously placed on the 15-day disabled list and was expected to return this week, but team doctors re-examined Wagner and the swelling and...  

... Mike Pelfrey leads the New York Mets into the middle contest of a three-game home series against Jair Jurrjens and the NL East rival Atlanta Braves. ...  

What a strange sight to see Shea Stadium half empty for a game between the Mets and Atlanta Braves.  

See, this is where Heilman gets you. Bobby Cox makes the very strange decision to let his relief pitcher bat with a one-run lead and two outs in the top of the eighth, and Heilman walks him.  

By Herald wire services Carlos Delgado hit a go-ahead double off the left-center field fence and the Mets broke loose in the eighth inning to rally past the ...  

Aaron Heilman, I'm done with you. The look on David Wright’s face said it all after Monday night’s disaster against the Pittsburgh Pirates, which put the Mets 2.0 games behind the Phillies for first place in the NL East. The only good thing that happened Monday night was that the Phillies and...  

So yeah, that was kind of unexpected. Big five-run eighth, clutch bases-loaded hits from Delgado and Easley...kind of stuff a first-place team is supposed to do.  

10. Change the lock on the clubhouse door and have the security guards pretend they don’t know who he is. 9. Have him undergo Tommy John surgery next week―whether he needs it or not. 8. While Heilman is warming up, give Billy Joel a bottle of wine and the Mets’ old bullpen cart and set him loose...  

Aaron Heilman is 2-7 with a 5.74 ERA and has allowed 64 hits in 64.1 innings pitched! Even self-proclaimed Irish homer Daniel Smith has lost faith in the ...  

... that tipped off Carlos Delgado's glove at first, but Reyes was in the right place to scoop it and throw over to Aaron Heilman, who was covering. ...  

The New York Mets have 22 games left at Shea Stadium. Being a Mets fan my whole life, I have seen so many one and two hitters. But my Metropolitans have ...  

By Dan Graziano of The Star-Ledger by Jeremy Cothran/The Star-Ledger Keith Srakocic/Associated PressMets relief pitcher Aaron Heilman pitches against the ...