Dillon Gee Update

Pitching for his B-Mets pitching coach, Ricky Bones, Dillon Gee made his fifth start for Leones de Ponce Friday night.  The 22-year old gave up two runs, one earned, on four hits in six innings, walking three and fanning eight.  In four of his five starts he has pitched against Mayaguez.
Overall he is:
1-0, 1.57 ERA, [...]

St. Lucie Pitchers

LHP Michael Antonini – R/L – 6’0” 190 – 18th Rd ’07 – b. 8/6/85

W-L

ERA

G/GS

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

SO

A

4-4

2.71

13/13

73.0

63

29

22

2

16

61

A+

4-0

1.84

7/7

44.0

34

10

9

3

7

33

AA

1-3

3.74

8/8

45.2

43

19

19

10

16

32

Antonini had a great year, earning his promotions first to St. Lucie and then to Binghamton.
The night I saw him in Binghamton, Antonini worked off a fastball that was 87-91, but mostly 88/89. He commanded it to both [...]

BA’s Cooper on FSL Mets

No St. Lucie Mets made BA’s list of the league’s top 20 prospects. None deserved to. However, J.J. Cooper answered three questions about Mets prospects in his chat.

Q: Richard from Ft. Lauderdale asks:
Any thoughts on Ruben Tejada of the Port St. Lucie Mets?

A: J.J. Cooper: Tejada was [...]

Sterling Winner: FSL - Dillon Gee

A+: Dillon Gee RHP
A+: 8-6, 3.25 ERA, 21 GS, 127.1 IP, 117 H, 49 R, 46 ER, 6 HR, 19 BB, 94 K
AA: 2-0, 1.33 ERA, 4 GS, 27 IP, 18 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 HR, 5 BB, 20 K
Gee’s 3.25 ERA was 7th best in the FSL.

What he is: A 22 [...]

Adam Rubin’s Minor League Report on Gee

In his final minor league report, Adam Rubin writes about the ascension of Dillon Gee and the pitchers of the 2007 draft class. Rubin explains that Gee expanded his arsenal this year:

Gee asked permission to add a curveball to his repertoire this season, then worked with St. Lucie pitching coach Dan Murray to develop [...]

Dillon Gee Update

Over the weekend, the Mets promoted Bobby Parnell to AAA and Dillon Gee to AA.
After a strong performance Thursday, Dillon Gee left the Florida State League 8-6 with a 3.25 ERA in 127.1 IP for St. Lucie. He allowed just 117 hits, less than one per inning. With 94 strikeouts and 19 [...]