Gee, I've been DFA'd?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Someone posted on fb... haven't seen it anywhere else yet...

Edited June 15, 2015 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

GFA. Tweets are all over it. Springboarding off of Rubin.

OE: Rubin says Mets have not acknowledged it yet.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I should have checked under more rocks, but I get all excited!

[RealityChuck]

The Daily News has confirmed it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-designate-pitcher-dillon-gee-assignment-article-1.2258844

So has the Post.

I liked Gee, and the team has been jerking him around all season, but he's just not up to snuff, especially with Matz ready and Wheeler and Montero coming back next year.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know that he's been jerked around. There's no easy choice for handling such a situation.

We're looking at the beginnings of a wave of perfectly serviceable guys that are going to get kicked aside � many unceremoniously � as prospects force the issue. Gee was preceded by Recker, though he may or may not be back. Further bumpoffs may soon include Murphy, Tejada, Niese, Cuddyer, Granderson. Some might be preemptively traded; some might just play out their contracts and not get called back; and others, like Gee, might be held on to until their performance ebbs, but few of them can afford to let their heads dip below water for long.

[Zvon]

I didn't know what to do about Gee. He complains about the Mets hurting his value and then he goes out and causes his own value to flatline. He has been pulled around but he's not doing the job. He had plenty of opportunity to turn things around for himself. Still, this was the last thing I expected.

I like Gee as well. I recall an interview he did in spring training with the female Gelbs. Gee was responding to the questions but it seemed he was talking to himself. He didn't even look at her, but out on the field. He seemed really intense. I thought this guy is so focused- this guys gonna have a good year on the mound. Wrong & wrong.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not buying the part about him being jerked around by the Mets.
He started regularly until going on the DL, then was inserted right back into the rotation when he came off. After getting hit around for 7 runs (4 earned) on 8 hits in 4 innings in that first start, he was skipped ONCE in the rotation and pitched out of the pen (where he retired 4 of the 8 batters he faced - two on line-outs and two on deep flies) before getting another start and pitching even worse than his first post-DL game [8 ER on 11 hits in 3.2 IP]

It's unfortunate that he got injured around this time last year -- was out from May 10 to July 9 -- and that he really hasn't been that good since: in the 28 starts prior May 10 of '14 he had a 2.86 ERA, a 1.11 WHiP, and a 137/22 K/BB ratio. In the 22 starts since then his ERA is 5.13 with a 1.46 WHiP. Whatever happened, he ain't the same guy.

The bottom line is the fact that they're DFA-ing him indicates they were having trouble trading him and hope that this will force the issue with some of the teams who are looking for pitching.

[Frayed Knot]

From Puma (NY Post):

The Mets [u:133xpgey]have 10 days to trade or waive Gee[/u:133xpgey]. If he clears waivers, he can be released or sent down to the minors.
�We will see if there is an interest from any other clubs,� Alderson said. �In the event there is not he would be optioned or outrighted to Vegas.�
The Mets had Gee on the trading block all winter, with limited success. Alderson said he had one serious conversation with one team, but a swap never materialized.
�It�s possible the club will express interest, and if they do, so be it. If they don�t, we still view him as an asset,� Alderson said. �We�re going to need a sixth guy here pretty soon, and it could be him.�

[Edgy MD]

NEW YORK METS RELEASE PITCHER WHO DEFENDED GUN RIGHTS http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2015/06/16/new-york-mets-release-pitcher-who-defended-gun-rights/

[seawolf17]

Oh, FFS.

NEW YORK METS RELEASE PITCHER WHO SUCKS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE OTHER AVAILABLE PITCHING OPTIONS AND THEY NEEDED TO BRING UP A RELIEVER

[Edgy MD]

NEW YORK METS DFA STARTING PITCHER, NOT ACTUALLY RELEASING HIM AT ALL, AT LEAST NOT YET

[seawolf17]

BUT EVEN IF THEY DID RELEASE HIM IT WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO DO WITH A LACK OF ACCEPTABLE BASEBALL PERFORMANCE AND NOT BECAUSE HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A RIGHT-WING NUTJOB

[Frayed Knot]

METS RELEASE BALDING PITCHER

Clearly team management is just a bunch of hair-ists.

[dgwphotography]

METS RELEASE RIGHTY GUN OWNER; PLAN TO CALL UP LEFTY LIBERAL

[Lefty Specialist]

METS APOLOGIZE; PLEDGE TO INCREASE GUN VIOLENCE, INVESTIGATE BENGHAZI

[Guest cooby]

seawolf17 wrote: BUT EVEN IF THEY DID RELEASE HIM IT WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO DO WITH A LACK OF ACCEPTABLE BASEBALL PERFORMANCE AND NOT BECAUSE HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A RIGHT-WING NUTJOB

If owning a gun makes you a nut job,that might explain a few things about myself

[Edgy MD]

Kevin Kierst and the Mets outfitting Logan Verrett in #35. #DickMove #SorryDillon

[TransMonk]

Yeah, that's awfully soon.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: Kevin Kierst and the Mets outfitting Logan Verrett in #35. #DickMove #SorryDillon

Even I think that's harsh especially with 32 and 46 just sitting there unused.

Technically you get a number when you 're added to the 40 and you lose one when you're off it but still. That's the kind of thing they'd do to Roberto Alomar not Dillon Gee. You wonder if there wasn't more to Gee's unhappiness with getting his chain pulled that didn;t get out yet.

[seawolf17]

The body's not even cold! Come on, Mets. Plenty of numbers you can give the kid.

I liked Dillon Gee. Never great, never awful. He was John Maine for a new generation.

[Edgy MD]

I really thing a year's worth of Mets should be a set unto itself, with each player getting exclusive rights to his number whether he shed it by April 3 or October 3. Things tie up nicely that way. You don't want to try figuring out years later who wore a number first. Dillon Gee was the 35 of 2015. Logan Verrett wore 32 that year. That's how it should be. It keeps the filing clean, if nothing else.

Looking forward to reading what Breitbart News has to say about this.

[dgwphotography]

This is just another dbag move from this team which is coming to be expected...

[Guest d'Kong76]

Who knows what happened behind closed doors... and he did
say he didn't care anymore.

[Zvon]

LETS GO BACK TO TALKING IN HEADLINES

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

BLOODLESS METS FUCK CORPSE OF DILLON GEE WHILE HE'S STILL ALIVE

[Edgy MD]

Come on. I don't like it (#dickmove and all), but it happens all the time with every team.

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: I really thing a year's worth of Mets should be a set unto itself, with each player getting exclusive rights to his number whether he shed it by April 3 or October 3. Things tie up nicely that way. You don't want to try figuring out years later who wore a number first. Dillon Gee was the 35 of 2015. Logan Verrett wore 32 that year. That's how it should be. It keeps the filing clean, if nothing else. Looking forward to reading what Breitbart News has to say about this.

32 is reserved for Steven Matz.

[seawolf17]

And honestly, GEE ISN'T ALL THAT GOOD. He's better than you, he's better than me, he's better than lots of guys. But he's got a 91 career ERA+, doesn't strike guys out, and will be 30 next year. I'll remember him, but I'm not ruing the loss. If he had that much value, he'd be in someone's rotation by now, either ours or someone else's.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gee would never have been 35 if Edgy's one-guy-a-year rule were in effect. It would belong the Mike Jacobs who wore it earlier than he in 2010.

[Zvon]

Gee would never have been 35 if Edgy's one-guy-a-year rule were in effect. It would belong the Mike Jacobs who wore it earlier than he in 2010.

I like Edgy's rule. We'll call it Edgy's Rule.

Speculate: if 35 was tied up for that season what number would Gee have been issued?