I watch Heilman pitch and I see a different Heilman everytime. Isn’t anyone on the Met’s coaching staff watching film of this kid from his first couple of years? If they were, they’d see that his mechanics have changed considerably. He is not David Cone and he cannot go “Laredo”. His arm slot has dropped so that it looks like a side-armer at times. On the release of the ball, the spin is not a downwards spin as it once was, but in fact his pitches now run East-West across the plate. That “Slider” pitch has to break down and away, or at least down. When he threw his slider earlier in his career it had that break down; not now. Guys just sit and wait for him to come with that fat pitch that stays out over the plate, or one that rides back in on the mid – in of the plate. Not only that, but the side arm motion makes for different release points of the ball; the body than is unable to establish “Muscle Memory”. When one does a repetitive motion, the body learns that motion and feels comfortable in following this same exact motion. The result is a consistant arm slot and point of release. It’s like when you shhot a free throw and you know from the time the ball leaves your hand whether it’s a good shot or not. That’s muscle memory. Heilman seems to have fallen into the hell of lost mechanics and the Mets (calling Rick Peterson) are paying the freight.