are you crazy??!! all this guy has done is his career is give up leads.

With the sad state of our pitching, we shouldn't be ignoring anyone with a warm pulse. Before extending invites/contracts let's put them through a thorough physical first. I can't believe the number of injured hurlers last year and maybe some of this could have been nipped in the bud with a little prep work.
I'd like to see the O's have 100 arms in camp; the more the merrier!

Heilman has been bad over the course of his career away from Shea and has increasingly become a flyball pitcher. Not a good recipe for succes in OPACY.

Now if the Mets cut him loose...bring him in for a look. The motto for the Orioles pitching staff in 2009 should be, "We Take Anybody."

What we do not need is any more Flanaganesqe type pitchers. And that smacks of something he would want. We've been down that washed up mediocre misfit pitcher road before... and we're still suffering from it.

I don''t have a problem if we don't have to give up much. Maybe Ramon to the Mets and then to a third team for something the Mets want-that-is-if they can't use him.

Better to do a few deals like this than sign some mediocrity like Silva for $40 million-and that's what these guys will command. next year isn't that important from a W-L standpoint, the Orioles aren't going to win much anyway.

Heilman is a headcase. The Orioles would do well to stay away from him. Yes he has potential...but thats about all he has. Too many demons running around in his noggin.

Some guys just can't pitch in NY. I would rather have him vying for a starters role than Danys Baez.

By the way,what exactly did we get for Bradford,who helped the Rays to the World Series?A case of balls?The front office sure could use some, and lend a couple to the Angeloser also.

To Matt:

I have seen Heilman pitch day in and out, year in and out, and he's not just a matter of potential - or a headcase. He's a class act, whose had three very fine seasons as reliever - including WHIP's of: 1.14, 1.16, 1.07.
Heilman throws in the mid-90's, and can pitch. Discount 2008 which he played all season with bad knee.

And discount most of his career starts where the Mets forced him to pitch with altered arm angle and nearly ruined his career. Look at starting pitcher stats in 2005 when the arm angle reverted to his original. 1-hit complete game shutout against the Marlins, and
2-hit, 1 earned run performance in 7 over Atlanta. The Mets however needed help in the pen, and he was it and never left. His second half - 0.68 era - was best in the majors. He was the 18th overall pick in the 2001 draft for a reason.

Hi: This is my first comment in a blog. But would the Orioles ever give any thought to Brad Penny and if so, what type of price range would it cost them?

Swap Heilman for Cabrera- enigma for enigma . . . fresh start for both . . .

To LongTimeMetsFan...

You are right. He's AWESOME!

headcase!

Peter,

What about trading for a young shortstop like Ian Desmond from the Nationals instead of getting another retread like Izturis? Don't we need some young players to go along with Markakis? And, I hope they sign Nick to a long term contract, I 'd hate to see him sign someday with the Red Sox...ugh!