10
2012
Matt Harvey Will Not Replace Dillon Gee
An article by 
Mike Puma of the NY Post reported that Mets prospect Matt Harvey is “not a consideration” for now to replace the injured Dillon Gee, but that the door is being left open for a promotion later in the season.
Okay, sounds cool, logic and sanity prevails…
Now who does replace Dillon Gee?
The possibilities are endless… Not really…
Get well soon Dillon, out prayers and thoughts are with you.
Original Post 12:00 PM
Dillon Gee was hospitalized in New York after experiencing numbness in his fingers and will be placed on the DL.
An MRI revealed a clot in the artery in his right shoulder, the team announced.
The Mets issued the dollowing statement:
“On Sunday, Dillon Gee complained of numbness in the fingers of his right hand. Yesterday, after extensive testing, Dillon was found to have a clot in an artery in his right shoulder and doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City used a catheter to break up the clot.”
Dillon will remain hospitalized for the next day or two to ensure that the clot is fully resolved. Dillon will not make his next start and will be placed on the disabled list. The timing of his return to baseball activity is currently undetermined.
Gee was 6-7 with a 4.10 ERA in 17 starts so far this season.
Thoughts from Joe D.
It’s too early to tell who will replace Gee in the rotation as the Mets have three days to decide on some sort of a plan. During the last game in the Cub series, Sandy Alderson did mention that he felt Matt Harvey could join the team this season if the rotation suffered an injury or if a pitcher became ineffective.
You can fully expect Matt Harvey to become the big topic of conversation all week long as the media aided, fan-frenzy begins.
Personally, I believe Matt Harvey needs more seasoning and I hope they don’t do one of those desperation moves that we saw all too often during the Omar Minaya administration.
Back then it was either Phil Humber, Mike Pelfrey and Bobby Parnell who were rushed up in an emergency, and neither of them came close to fulfilling their high expectations. Will this front office fall prey to that strategy as well? We’ll all find out soon enough, but if Harvey does get called up and smacked around by veteran NL batters, I’ll be there to tell you I told you so.
About the Author: Tyler Moore
Tyler is a lifelong Mets fan and tries to attend a few Mets games each season. Among the most notable games he's attended are Mike Piazza's first game in 1998, Todd Pratt's postseason homer game in 1999, and Mike Piazza's last game as a Met in 2005. He's been blogging about the Mets since 2009. He also Co-Created and Co-Hosts the Mets Madness Podcast.
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Oh Boy this is bad news. Hes a very solid number 5. Hopefully hell only miuss a few starts but who knows how serious this really is?
Maybe this is a blessing in disguise.. first of all, i hope he’s ok and all is well, but maybe, JUST maybe sandy alderson decides to get up and make a move… Something to help this team… Instead of sitting down and wait for the other teams make a move… But knowing how pathetic of a GM he is, i am sure some oft injured list of players will come up for him to choose from… SMH
I too would like to see Sandy Alderson make a move to help this team but not for another center fielder Before this injury to Dillon Gee I would have said we need a left fielder and or a catcher with some pop. We still do but in order for us to remain competitive we are going to need some help depth wise for our starters. It would be wrong to rush Matt Harvey. He is an important part of our future. We need a guy who is going to give us some innings and I am sure that Sandy knows this.
For any of you who think like Alex 68 that Sandy Alderson is not the best thing that has happened to us since Frank Cashen…..don’t quit your day jobs!
Hopefully all goes according to plan, the clot dissolves as expected and no further complications arise. Get well soon, Dilion.
AdamRubinESPN: Mets, if they rearranged rotation again, would not need a 5th starter until as late as July 21 because of A-S break and Monday off-day.
AdamRubinESPN: Gee pitched 7/7. He would be eligible to return as soon as 7/23. So if all pitchers stay on standard rest, it’s as little as 1 spot start.
1st guess is they prob go with Bautista in that spot.
If that’s the route they go down, they have to bring up 2 arms coming out of the ASB then. They were already one man short in that BP the last week or so, right?
Depending on if Alderson announces some trade after tonight’s game I would agree that they would prob call up 2 pitchers.
Depending on if Alderson announces some trade after tonight’s game”
Lmao… Good luck on that….
LoL, I knew when I wrote that that it would draw you out.
Lol, well, Pad yourself in the back.. It did.. that also was funny as hell, you know damn well the guy does nothing but TALK and hide behind his good spoken english words to fool a lot of his followers
I don’t as you know share your thoughts but I AM Glad you enjoyed it.
Just remember this still applies for the 2nd half.
“No pongas en duda a Lucas Duda.”
ahhhh,Yes… Lol, Somos Familia!???
Ah, North.
I bet you were expecting that kind of response from me instead! LOL
Honestly Joey D I wasn’t but considering your knack of making most of your comments somehow always reference Alderson or the Wilpons I don’t know why I didn’t.
“Depending on if Alderson announces some trade after tonight’s game I would agree that they would prob call up 2 pitchers.”
Could happen….happened last year (K-Rod).
I heard talk that Josh Edgin might be recalled after the break.
This stinks. I hope this doesnt mean more of Batista, but maybe they can make a trade or something.
Well assuming that he’ll be back in 15 days retroactive to his last start, and lets hope that’s the case, we’ll probably need to find someone to take his three starts. I wouldn’t mind giving Harvey one of those starts or perhaps Collin McHugh. Anything but Batista or Schwinden who is back with Buffalo again.
Gotta be careful with Blood Clots they can kill you!
I agree with MNJ that Bautista will likely get the start.
I don’t see harvey coming up before the deadline.
if the schedule really is such that it would only need to be 1 start (7/21?), then no chance Harvey comes up for it. I really think that if they bring him up, they want to keep him up for a regular job. Besides, putting him on the 40 man for 1 start would make more of a roster mess than they already have.
so, for 1 (even 2) starts expect Heffner, or (yuck) batista, since they are already on the roster.
and being that far out, they don’t need to make the extra move to replace batista (to save him) for a bit. Just need to call up one guy for now to get back to 7 (which they needed to do anyway). Probably Edgin for Friday?
the other interesting move will be Bay (Tuesday?) but that was going to be a position player anyway. Then another position guy when Gee comes back (assuming they go short 1 SP until then).
but mostly, thank goodness they caught this and treated it early, before it had a chance to migrate and become more dangerous.
Can Jason Bay pitch?We know he can’t hit
LOL!
I think this means Batista goes into the rotation for now… then they will wait to see how Gee progresses leading to the deadline.
If Gee looks like he will be out for an extended period of time, go get Bartolo rather than call up Harvey.
also, I don’t think Harvey is really in that same situation as those other guys Joe listed, particularly Pelf.
He seems to be just about ready. They had some things for him to work on, which he seems to have done. and he has a decent amount of innings in the minors, plus of course a bunch in a major college program. And he is 23 already, so not that young.
cold he (like just about every other guy) benefit from some more AAA starts? Maybe. But if he is that close (and Wally seems to think he is!) then he is going to have to make the next step soon enough.
I’m sure Dillon must be scared through all this, especially at such a young age when we all never expect to face these type of serious health issues. As with most others, our first concern is with Dillon and not the Mets.
But looking at it as an issue the club must face, I don’t know if there is any other way the team can make up for the loss in any extended amount of time but with having to turn to the farm system. We already need help in the bullpen and the bench and Sandy has advised us that his financial resources are quite limited – even for that. So looking for outside help on top of that makes that option nearly impossible. If anything, Sandy might choose to wait until August 1st and see who goes on waivers should this lower the pricetag. I don’t even know if claiming a player off waivers and taking on his remaining salary could fall into Sandy’s price range.
Okay folks, I’m going to throw a trade proposal out. Murphy for Peter Bourjos of Cal. Angels. They could use a 3rd baseman, we can have a gold glove CF and put Valdespin at 2nd.