01-29-2009, 11:08 AM
From Baseball America: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/major...009/267504.html
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Mets' first-round pick in 2001, Heilman joins righthanders Grant Johnson and Jeff Samardzija as players with Notre Dame ties targeted by Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, a long-time friend of former Irish coach Paul Mainieri. The club used its top pick in 2004 (second-round) to select Johnson and spent lavishly on Samardzija, a 2006 fifth-rounder, buying him out of football for a five-year, $10 million big league deal.
Lefthanded batters owned Heilman, 30, in 2008, battering him for a line of .308/.425/.567 with eight home runs in 149 plate appearances. At his best, though, Heilman's changeup is an equalizer against lefties, <b>but tendinitis in his left knee hampered his ability to get extension on his pitches last season.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I didn't know he was hurt last year.....
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Mets' first-round pick in 2001, Heilman joins righthanders Grant Johnson and Jeff Samardzija as players with Notre Dame ties targeted by Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, a long-time friend of former Irish coach Paul Mainieri. The club used its top pick in 2004 (second-round) to select Johnson and spent lavishly on Samardzija, a 2006 fifth-rounder, buying him out of football for a five-year, $10 million big league deal.
Lefthanded batters owned Heilman, 30, in 2008, battering him for a line of .308/.425/.567 with eight home runs in 149 plate appearances. At his best, though, Heilman's changeup is an equalizer against lefties, <b>but tendinitis in his left knee hampered his ability to get extension on his pitches last season.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I didn't know he was hurt last year.....