Jun
11
2011

All Dillon Gee Does Is Win

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Dillon Gee is making a habit of winning games for the Mets this season. He moves to 7-0 on the season after tossing eight innings of one-run ball against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

What can you say about Dillon Gee that hasn’t been said already?

After another sparkling performance against the Pirates last night, Gee improved his record to 7-0 and became the first rookie in Mets franchise history to open a season by winning his first seven decisions. Gee tossed a career high eight innings and allowed just one earned-run on eight hits, zero walks, and five strikeouts. An amazing 73 of his 104 pitches were strikes.

“He’s really pitching great. We finally figured out a flaw — he can’t bunt,” Collins joked. “We’ve got to work on that. I can’t say enough good things about the job he has done on that mound, controlling his emotions, keeping himself in the game, just making pitches. He’s been really amazing to watch.”

Bobby Ojeda calls him the best pitcher in the rotation and a potential All Star. “He doesn’t have one dominant pitch, but he does have four very good ones and he knows how to locate them and set batters up with them. He’s very poised on the mound and nothing fazes him. Gee always has his head in the game and he knows what he’s doing on that mound.”

The Mets have won all nine of Gee’s starts this season, the crafty right-hander is the first rookie in the majors to open a season with seven consecutive wins since Jered Weaver started 9-0 in 2006.

All of this success really shouldn’t come as a surprise as to anyone. Gee gave Mets fans a glimpse of what was to come at the end of last season when he was arguably the Mets’ best starter and posted a sparkling 2.18 ERA in five September starts.

You could argue that Gee is still the best starting pitcher on the Mets right now and certainly their most consistent too. Since he was called up from Buffalo in mid April, Gee has been nothing short of a revelation and one of the reasons the Mets are still in the hunt.

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4 Comments + Add Comment

Original Met Fan June 11, 2011 at 10:15 am

We should have gone with Gee just based on his numbers last season and saved the money that at this point looks wasted on Carrasco who got a 2 year deal if I’m not mistaken. When Gee is slated to pitch, I feel confident the Mets will win that day. I can’t say that about any of our other starters right now.
METS62FAN June 11, 2011 at 10:20 am

Based upon his “under-the-radar” progression through the farm & few outside NY noticing, I think of him as similar to a ‘young’ Greg Maddox, not impRessing the world game to game; but suddenly compiling impressive considerations MAD-DOG similarly always displayed a strong inner confidence & typically was underestimated by THE opposition THROUGHOUT HIS EARLY YEARS.
I rarely draw these type of comparisons of youngsters; but in this case I’m only comparing how he’s being regarded/perceived by outsiders; not his talents necessarily.

I think that’s enough. I pray he continues though I’m concerned over his blossoming shoulder pre-injury

Speaking of young NYM pitching, while ALL the attention is on Harvey in STL has anyone actually seen his teammate Darin Walter Gorski pitch? Talk about “under the radar” this kid is the STEALTH-FIGHTER of our farm minions based upon those gaudy stats no one’s seeing or talking about. THE CHERRY ON OUR SUNDAE…HE’S 24 & A SOUTHPAW! OMG!
- Seligman June 11, 2011 at 1:00 pm
  
  I dont think Maddux is a good comparison at all. Maddux was nver under the radar. He was a highly regarded prospect at the time and one of the top two or three in the game. He was so good the Cubs rushed him to the majors at 20 years old and in his first full season he was out of his element and had a terrible season. However, the following season he would win 18 games and make the All Star team and never look back.
Squidoo June 11, 2011 at 4:07 pm

I would have loved to see Gee get the complete game. He only had 104 pitches after 8, another 15 pitches wouldn’t have hurt.

NL East Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	42	30	.583	-
Phillies	35	37	.486	7.0
Nationals	34	36	.486	7.0
Mets	27	40	.403	12.5
Marlins	22	48	.314	19.0

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