Last year Dillon Gee burst onto the scene like a man possessed. Â He hit the ground running and helped keep the Mets stay respectable for the majority of the season until Sandy dealt key pieces at the trade deadline. Aside from R.A. Dickey, Gee was the Mets best starter last season and ended with 13 wins which was the most on the club. What can we realistically expect from him for the 2012 season?
It is very hard to predict what he might be because it took him so long to perform well enough to make it to the bigs. He is 27 years old so it’s not like he is a young prospect coming up with a long promising future ahead of him. What do you make of it then? Â Was last season a fluke, or was it him just finally putting it together?
The way I see it, Dillon has the potential to be a Major League pitcher but I am just not sold on him be a good one yet.  If he ultimately ends up staying a starting pitcher, I just don’t see him being much better than a #3 starter, and that may be a ...
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