This surprised me as much as its probably surprising you right now.
I mean I was really surprised when I heard this. I'm so surprised/shocked that I'm babbling right now so I should probably back up and explain what I'm talking about.
Last night I caught the end the Diamondback/Arizona game, when Heilman came on to pitch. Being a Mets fan, my initial reaction was something along the lines of “allright! Arizona just gave the game to the Dodgers!” When Heilman was introduced, he was announced as by far the best pitcher out of hte pen for the Diamondbacks as of late. The Dbacks bullpen, has been just awful. If you google it (with 2010) you will just see a list of terrible statistics.
Except for Aaron Heilman.
Heilman on the season has pitched slightly over 21 innings with a 3.09 ERA, which good for a reliever, but not necessarily great. However with the recent struggles of the Dbacks pen, that number is relatively great. Actually, what is beyond relatively great and is actually amazing is his last 16 outings. Over that time he has pitched 16.1 innings with, get this, an ERA of 1.10.
I guess I'm happy that he is having some sort of great revival. I am curious to see how long he will keep this up and if he may become a trading chip for the struggling Dbacks.
