The Twins are “very close” to a minor league pact with free-agent right-hander Dillon Gee, tweets SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo. Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN first reported that the two sides were in talks.
Gee, 31, elected free agency after being outrighted by the Rangers over the weekend. The longtime Mets righty had pitched to a 4.15 ERA through 13 big league innings as well as a 3.88 ERA in 51 Triple-A innings with the Rangers this season. That follows up the 4.68 ERA, 6.4 K/9, 2.7 BB/9 and 41 percent ground-ball rate that Gee logged in 125 innings as a member of the Royals in 2016.