After the report that the Mets were interested in Joe Beimel, I heard several fans express their disapproval on restricting yourself with a limited pitcher. For myself I feel that you can have specialists as long as you have dominant pitchers in the more critical roles and versatility around the specialists. The Mets best pen in recent years featured two specialists, in the first half of the 2006 season. Duaner Sanchez (set-up man) and Billy Wagner (closer) were excellent in their respective roles and Heilman and Oliver provided versatility. That set-up allowed Chad Bradford and Pedro Feliciano to become very effective specialists. I understand wanting every pitcher in the pen to have the versatility to cross over so that the manager isn't limited in the moves he can make but when your in a cost restrictive off-season that might not be practical. Pedro Feliciano posted a 3.30 ERA with a 1.53 WHIP, career Pedro held LHB to a .214 BA and RHB hit .283 (854 PA); last year LHB ....
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