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Adopted: Justin Dunn

G-Fafif Jun 28 2016 05:32 AM

Meet the youngster I'll be taking under my wing for the duration of his development, Justin Dunn. 2016 first-round pick. RHP. My veritable neighbor (one town over). Reformed MFY fan, now talking up how much he enjoyed his trips to Shea and Citi. BC Eagle. Brooklyn Cyclone currently. Strong Island represent! “A lot of people think Long Island can’t play baseball, but look at the track record. You have Marcus [Stroman] and then you have Steven Matz, and they’re doing pretty well in the league,” Dunn said. “You have guys like Keith Osik that have played, and other guys. This is something that should be known, that Long Island can play. I’m just happy to have my little part of it.” Keith Osik? That's his go-to Long Island position player? Not Carl Yastrzemski? Even Frank Catalanotto? I find that extremely charming.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 06:39 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

You know the guy is young, but you figure that maybe a grandparent could have told him about some guy named Biggio.

MFS62 Jun 28 2016 07:28 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

The guy's a pitcher. He could have mentioned (I hate myself for this) Whitey Ford, the "Lake Success success". Later

Benjamin Grimm Jun 28 2016 08:29 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

He kind of dissed his likely future pitching coach, Frank Viola.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 10:56 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Paul Gibson! Center Moriches, bitches!

G-Fafif Jul 04 2016 09:50 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Two scoreless innings of relief in his professional debut, a career born on the same date as the US of A.

G-Fafif Jul 11 2016 03:00 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Dunn has his first professional win.

G-Fafif Jul 16 2016 11:27 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

The Times has Dunn a profile on the Freeport Phenom, who couldn't be happier to be here (and in Brooklyn). "I wasn’t really looking for one team; I was just looking for an organization that was going to give me a shot,” Dunn said. “And I had hoped that the Mets would be one of the teams, because you see what they do with their pitching staff, and you can’t ask for anything else.” The plan right now? Right now, Dunn’s innings are being limited — he is scheduled to pitch two innings every six days and will make his third appearance on Saturday against the Lowell Spinners. Through four innings of work, Dunn has given up two hits and no runs, has walked two and has struck out three. He wants to tighten up his command but is otherwise happy. “Ball’s coming out well, everything feels well coming out of my hand, and I feel strong and I feel healthy, so that’s always great, and that’s all you can ask for,” he said.

G-Fafif Feb 06 2017 01:36 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Keith Law, which the Obama administration never implemented despite hysterical warnings to the contrary, ranks Long Island's own Justin Dunn as his No. 84 overall prospect in baseball. Certainly sounds impressive.

G-Fafif Apr 07 2017 11:09 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Long Island's new favorite son (screw you, Matz) is starting the year a St. Lucie Met.

Edgy MD Apr 07 2017 11:13 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

That's leapfrogging Columbia. While we at Roster Central anticipated that, it's still a pretty notable feat.

G-Fafif May 28 2017 10:38 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Good kid doing a good thing in the fight against ALS.

G-Fafif Sep 08 2017 11:19 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Justin's year at St. Lucie: 20 appearances, 16 starts, WHIP 1.563, ERA 5.00. Will turn 22 later this month.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 08 2017 11:36 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

That ERA of 5 suggests he'd fit in well with the rest of the Mets big-league rotation.

G-Fafif Jan 11 2018 05:18 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Amazin' Avenue ranks Dunn the No. 8 prospect in the system, though the writeup isn't particularly enthusiastic.

G-Fafif Jan 27 2018 02:42 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Prospect guru Keith Law not overwhelmed by Justin's progress, as relayed by Abbey Mastracco of the Star-Ledger. "Justin Dunn I think is the most glaring example of the guy who's stuff is still pretty good, at least in terms of the quality of his pitches, but was so successful in college and then comes in to pro ball his first full season this year and they probably pushed him too far into high right away, just speaking in hindsight," Law said Wednesday, on his annual top-100 conference call. "But also there were a lot of issues with his feel to pitch, his lack of command, with lack of life on the fastball." Dunn was converted to a starter his junior year at Boston College, and was then sent to low-A Brooklyn where he put up a 1.50 ERA in 11 games (eight starts). Perhaps those good numbers masked the problems, but Law is surprised that no one on the player development side recognized the issues. "You almost look and you say, 'Nobody caught that?' Nobody on the player development side looked and said, 'Hey wait a minute, here are two things we are going to have to work on in instructional league last year and spring training this yer, but we're sending you out to High-A this year,'" Law said. Law calls him "an athlete with a tremendous arm," but he's not very advanced when it comes to his feel for pitching.

G-Fafif Mar 08 2018 05:33 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

MLB's Prospect Pipeline ranks Justin their No. 3 Mets comer, behind Andres Giminez and David Peterson. Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Curveball: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 45 | Overall: 50 Dunn spent most of his time at Boston College as a reliever, albeit one with multiple pitches. A move to the rotation during his junior season greatly improved his Draft stock, landing him in the first round where the Mets nabbed him with the No. 19 pick in the 2016 Draft. After a solid summer debut, the Mets sent Dunn straight to the Class A Advanced Florida State League for his first full season and he struggled a bit there, finishing the final month of the season on the disabled list. Pure stuff-wise, Dunn was just fine with St. Lucie. His fastball was consistently in the 93-95 mph range and he was able to reach back for more on occasion. His slider can serve as a true out pitch, flashing plus with good late bite. As a reliever, he hadn't worked on his changeup much, and it's behind the other two pitches, but he does show feel for it. He'll need it to get lefties out, something he struggled with last year. Dunn is athletic and repeats his delivery fairly well, but he had command and control issues throughout 2017. A certain learning curve was to be expected, given Dunn's lack of starting experience, though being shut down at the end of his first season didn't help quiet detractors who worried about his size and durability. He still has the stuff to start and has the chance to wipe the slate clean. If starting doesn't work out, he certainly should impact the back end of a big league bullpen.

G-Fafif Apr 13 2018 11:38 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Justin's pitching lights-out at PSL and continues to be from Long Island.

G-Fafif May 02 2018 01:40 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Third in the FSL in strikeouts, top 10 in ERA as of a couple of days ago.

G-Fafif Jun 08 2018 07:13 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

The kid from Freeport will now be the kid in Binghamton, having just been bumped up to Double-A.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 08 2018 07:59 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

He Dunn good

G-Fafif Jun 10 2018 03:59 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Whale of a Rumble Pony debut for Justin vs Trenton: 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 BB, 9 SO

G-Fafif Jul 24 2018 01:31 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Justin ranked No. 4 on Baseball America's most recent Hot Sheet.

G-Fafif Jul 26 2018 12:20 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

New MLB Pipeline rankings place Justin Dunn as MLB's No. 100 prospect overall, No. 4 among Mets. Others from the organization to get noticed: Andres Giminez at No. 60, Peter Alonso at No. 65 and this year's top Mets draft choice Jarred Kelenic at No. 69.

G-Fafif Sep 12 2018 01:03 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 11 2018 03:22 PM

The Freeport Flash is named Sterling Organizational Pitcher of the Year.

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2018 08:36 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

And a well-spoken young lad he is.

G-Fafif Oct 11 2018 03:25 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

End-of-season MLB Pipeline prospect rankings raise Justin Dunn to No. 89 overall, fourth among Mets.

Edgy MD Oct 30 2018 04:22 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Dunnie is a tough call for the rotation or the bullpen. He didn't up his stock to anything like first-round level until he moved to the rotation in college, but his blistering first half followed by a weak second half this season brought back concerns about his durability.

smg58 Oct 30 2018 06:12 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

A live arm that hasn't yet translated into big-time results. Not unlike Jake DeGrom at this stage, or Bobby Parnell. While we'd all love the former, the latter was pretty good for a while too. He's exhibit A for why I'm glad the AAA team is in Syracuse and not Las Vegas. (Exhibit B was Franklin Kilome, alas.)

Edgy MD Oct 31 2018 10:13 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

About 92% of that award was earned in the first half of the year, though. What do you think? Is this guy bound for the rotation or the pen? On the one hand, it was his conversion to starter in college that launched him from dark horse into first-round status. On the other hand, his poor second half brings back questions about his durability.

smg58 Oct 31 2018 11:06 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

It's too soon to tell. He'll be a starter if he stays in the minors, but he has quite a bit more upside than the other guys who are fighting for the last (hopefully only one) bullpen spot, and I wouldn't summarily dismiss going that route with him at this stage of the offseason. And that's just for the short term. We will see how things play out.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2018 07:15 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

smg58 wrote: It's too soon to tell. That's why they call it gamblin'.

smg58 Nov 01 2018 08:44 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Fine. I'll bet he starts the year in our pen.

G-Fafif Dec 03 2018 01:47 PM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

Justin Dunn and Cam Maron now form a battery of Long Islanders I adopted who never made it to the Mets (save for future transactions in Dunn's case). Good luck to my Nassau County neighbor.

smg58 Dec 04 2018 07:17 AM Re: Adopted: Justin Dunn

smg58 wrote: Fine. I'll bet he starts the year in our pen. Serves me right for betting...