Overmanaging.

Yesterday we talked about Girardi's micromanaging, today we'll talk about Willie's overmanaging. And Aaron Heilman.

The Mets have played 21 games. Heilman has pitched in 13 of them! This has been bad for many reasons. First, he's being abused like Joe Torre abuses the uniform burning Scott Proctor(poor Scott must have been excited to finally leave Torre, and then the Dodgers go out and get Torre! Proctor currently has 11 appearances already). Second, Heilman has basically been brutal at times. He's allowed four homeruns, 24 baserunners in 13 innings, and since he's almost always brought in to close games, he has really hurt the Mets in a few games. My professional scouting opinion (smiley face) is that Heilman relies on his changeup too much. I think the fastball is Heilman's best pitch, and what happened to the tight slider he was throwing in the first week of the season? That pitch was working but it's like he's forgotten all about it. Bring that back,.... again.

I give Willie the blame for last night's game. He took Ollie Perez out too early. In the 6th, Perez gives up two singles to start the inning, then makes a great play on a bunt, and follows it by getting a groundout. Two outs now, Milledge comes up to pinch hit, and Willie brings in Heilman. It's a tie game at this point, and Perez looks like he might get out of this himself. But for some reason, every time a starter gets in a little trouble in the 6th or 7th inning, or sometimes the 5th, Willie goes out and pulls him. When is he ever going to let the starting pitcher pitch in a crucial situation? Sometimes, the bullpen just needs to be spared. Sometimes a pitcher, like Ollie last night, might still have enough to finish another inning. Sometimes NOT making a move, is making a move.

*Castillo is already up to .273BA with a .360 OB% and 6 SB. Entonces, don't worry about Castillo.