I was told that RHP Dillon Gee, who is in St. Lucie rehabbing a right shoulder strain, will begin a throwing program in the coming days. That means he won’t appear in a game until August or so.

Gee has been on the Bisons disabled list since May 29.  Gee was 1-3 with a 4.10 ERA in 48.1 innings for Buffalo this year with 42 strikeouts against 16 walks.

Perhaps his shoulder strain had something to do with his heavy workload in 2008, when following 154.1 innings split between St. Lucie and Binghamton, he was brilliant (4-0, 2.22 ERA) in 48.2 innings for Ponce in Puerto Rico.  For Ponce, he fanned 43 and walked just 13.