The MLB Draft is just a few days away, so one might expect front office executives to currently be focusing their attention on the top college and high school players in the nation. But yesterday, the first real trade of the 2015 season went down out West, where Seattle acquired slugger Mark Trumbo from Arizona in a six-player deal. Is it trade season? It is never too early to make a trade. It...
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Stat Line: 4 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 1 K, 1 BB Dillon Gee made his return to the New York Mets last night against the San Diego Padres to mark the beginning of the much anticipated six man rotation. Gee showed inconsistent command in all four pitches and the stat line further reiterates Gees struggles. There were three positive attributes and points to consider when grading Gee’s outing such as his...
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The Mets (29-25) fell 7-3 to the Padres (27-28) on Wednesday night in San Diego. Dillon Gee fired blanks in his return from the Disabled List, allowing seven runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk in four innings, striking out one. The Mets had their chances against James Shields, but didn’t take advantage. After New York squandered a pair of baserunners in the top of the first, San...
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The first big trade of the summer went down this evening, as Mark Trumbo becomes the first big-name player to go off the board. Trumbo, in his second season with the Diamondbacks, will be headed to the Seattle Mariners in a six-player trade. Trumbo, 29, is batting .259/.299/.506 with nine home runs, 10 doubles, and three triples in 184 plate appearances over 46 games. Last season, he hit just...
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The New York Mets and San Diego Padres go at it again in the rubber match of their three game series tonight at Petco Park. The Mets will send Dillon Gee (0-2, 3.86 ERA) to the mound and he will oppose right-hander James Shields (6-0, 3.69 ERA) for the Padres at 9pm ET. Dillon Gee has made 51 straight starts of 5.0 innings or more the longest streak in franchise history. It’s also the longest...
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Stat Line: 4 IP, 7 R, 10 H, 10 K’s, 0 BB Inconsistency in Fastball Command Noah Syndergaard struggled to establish his two-seam fastball as many of the Padres hits came off of two-seamers that ran back over the middle of the plate. A two-seam fastball is relatively easy to learn but getting a feel for the amount of movement and having the ability to direct the movement of the baseball to the...
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