Why Yes, Let’s Confuse Dillon Gee Some More

With the retro craze sweeping the nation … Jurassic Park sequels 22 years later, Broadway plays based on movies from 2001, Crystal Pepsi … you can forgive Sandy Alderson for wanting to spring a throwback Thursday on us … on Friday. The Mets announced that Dillon Gee will get a spot start against the Braves on Sunday. Instead of saying though, that it’s a spot start or a way to get Noah Syndergaard and Matt Harvey some extra rest, Sandy Alderson went all John Tortorella defensive on us:

“This was always a six-man light, five-man heavy — however you want to describe it. 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.” –Sandy Alderson

Dude, relax. We get it. All you had to do was say “look, we don’t have an off day in the next ten, and we’re managing Matt Harvey’s innings and we want to get him some extra rest.” No reason to go into CYA mode, because that’s what this sounds like.

I think the major issue is not with 5-man, 5-man with spot starter, or formal 6-man. It’s #Mets‘ inability to be cohesive/articulate it.

— Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN) June 12, 2015

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsExactly! And I know from being inarticulate, because I can barely put together a full sentence. So I can recognize inconsistent messages. This probably stems from Terry Collins trying to manage, but Alderson making all the decisions. All they had to do was say from the beginning what they wanted to do. But nooooooooo, everything is in code and such.

If there was cohesiveness, they could’ve said to Dillon: we’re going to skip a turn because of off-day, then you’ll get a chance next time. — Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN) June 12, 2015

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I guess this makes the bullpen thin, between this and Erik Goeddel going on the DL with a strained elbow (which will no doubt turn into herniated blood cell central nervous system disorder of the bladder, kidneys, and tongue) where he will be replaced by Danny Muno, but at least the Mets have extra infielders to account for strained muscles or the next potato famine.

But hey, this is the perfect opportunity for Dillon Gee to say “to hell with this”, and pitch lights out so that he can get himself traded out of Dysfunction Town once and for all. Though one could understand if he didn’t, with all the yo-yo-ing he’s had to do between the rotation and the bullpen. But if pitching angry indeed made a difference, Sunday would be a great time for it. For team, and for individual. And then when Dillon finally is traded, I’ll count down the days until the tell-all book comes out.

With our luck, Freddie Freeman will be angry about something this series … like the subway, or the fact that Big Nick’s on 79th street closed. And his anger will trump everybody else’s anger and he’ll hit about 15 home runs this series.