FACTS/FLUKES: Gee, Prado, Burnett, Lombardozzi, Frazier

Gee's numbers hide skills improvement ... There are many reasons for the Mets surprising start. On the surface, Dillon Gee (RHP, NYM) isn't one of them. With a 4-3 record and 4.69 ERA, he seems to be charting a similar course to last year. Look deeper, though, and good things are happening.

Year    IP    ERA   xERA   GB%   Ctl   Dom   Cmd   S%  hr/9   hr/f   BPV
====    ==   ====   ====   ===   ===   ===   ===   ==  ====   ====   ===
2010    33   2.18   5.11   47    4.1   4.6   1.1   84   0.5     5%    -2
2011   161   4.43   4.14   47    4.0   6.4   1.6   70   1.0    11%    33
2012    63   4.69   3.18   55    2.4   8.1   3.4   68   1.1    17%   114

Gee's BPIs tell us he's upped his game, even if his surface stats don't reflect it...

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