Last weekend, Terry Collins said the team will not use a six-man rotation once Dillon Gee is activated from the 15-day disabled list.
Those plans might have been changed.
On Friday in Pittsburgh, Collins said Gee will join the team in time for tomorrow’s game against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Collins said the club has decided how they will manage their starting rotation when Gee is activated, although he did not make his plans public.
However, Collins hinted the club might use a six-man rotation in the near-term.
It’s not really a surprise.
It’s logical for the club to add a sixth starter in the next turn through the rotation. Gee’s turn would be on Tuesday, which means they could conceivably bump everyone up an extra day which would afford everyone an extra day off through the rotation. That could benefit the load issues for Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard while giving Jacob deGrom and extra day for his ailments to heal.
It would mean with next Thursday’s off-day everyone would be going on six days rest which isn’t really ideal. For instance, Harvey seemed to struggle and make his frustrations pretty known about the last time he waited a week between starts, and it could negatively impact the other pitchers in a similar manner.
It’s hard to envision the Mets using a six-man rotation for very long for that reason alone. One turn through the rotation plus the off-day buys them time to figure out what to do with Gee and Syndergaard when their west coast trip starts at the beginning of June.
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[…] Having said that, Terry Collins did not officially commit to a six-man rotation after Friday’s loss, although he did hint before the game that could be the direction the club is going in the short-term. […]
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