The Mets just announced that Dillon Gee will start on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves, pushing Noah Syndergaard back to Monday when the team plays the Toronto Blue Jays.
No other explanation was given, but Adam Rubin cites Sandy Alderson as saying the plan is a “6-Man Lite Rotation” and the team will use Gee whenever they can.
“This was always a six-man light, five-man heavy — however you want to describe it,” Alderson said Thursday.
“This was never about pitching guys every sixth game regardless of an off day or what have you. You can look at all of my comments leading up to it, which are perfectly consistent with that. From my standpoint, the overall approach to the pitching really hasn’t changed.”
The good thing about this is that we now have Syndergaard pitching against the team that drafted him and then traded him to the Mets in the R.A. Dickey deal, who by the way will pitch against the Mets.
Should make the Blue Jays series even more fun to watch.
