Angling for insight - Dee Gordon
Posted: April 18th, 2013, 8:53 am
I'm trolling for opinions here ....doubt if many, if any facts will come to fore. Let's call it The Curious Case of Dee Gordon.
2012 - Starts year as starting Dodger SS. Gordon tears ligament in thumb - out from July 4th to Sept 11. On July 25th, Dodgers trade for Hanley Ramirez and install him as their starting third baseman. Takes them about a week to move him over to SS and put Luis Cruz as their new starting 3B. Cruz hits .297, Ramirez is a serviceable if not a spectacular SS - Gordon is on the outside looking in ...understandable.
2012 - off season - no major front office changes ...no managerial changes ... in other words, the group running things in 2013 will be the same that started off in 2012. In spring, plan is Hanley at SS, Cruz at 3rd, Gordon in AAA.
2013 - Hanley rips up thumb in WBC... will start season on DL. Dodger's solution? Install Justin Sellers at short, spell him with Uribe, let Cruz play 3rd - Gordon starts year in AAA. To date, Sellers is hitting .179 with a homer a RBI and 10Ks. He's also ranked 22nd in overall fielding by shortstops. Juan Uribe is yet to make an appearance at short in 2013. Luis Cruz is currently hitting .100 but is tied for 1st in 3B fielding overall (albeit with 8 other third basemen). Dee Gordon is currently hitting .317 with 7 RBI and 8 SB at AAA .... yet Dodger manager Don Mattingly states they have not considered recalling Gordon and that they are happy with Justin Sellers at short. This is the same Mattingly who made him his starting SS in 2012.
Now, consider they didn't trade Gordon in the off season when it was pretty obvious he wasn't in their immediate plans for 2013. And the same man who installed him as his starting SS last year now says he prefers Justin Sellers at short OVER Gordon and there is no consideration for a Gordon call up... something tells me that Gordon really pissed in someone's Cheerios and that he's being punished for something ... and for this extent? It must be more than just a minor infraction.
Any opinions or thoughts?
2012 - Starts year as starting Dodger SS. Gordon tears ligament in thumb - out from July 4th to Sept 11. On July 25th, Dodgers trade for Hanley Ramirez and install him as their starting third baseman. Takes them about a week to move him over to SS and put Luis Cruz as their new starting 3B. Cruz hits .297, Ramirez is a serviceable if not a spectacular SS - Gordon is on the outside looking in ...understandable.
2012 - off season - no major front office changes ...no managerial changes ... in other words, the group running things in 2013 will be the same that started off in 2012. In spring, plan is Hanley at SS, Cruz at 3rd, Gordon in AAA.
2013 - Hanley rips up thumb in WBC... will start season on DL. Dodger's solution? Install Justin Sellers at short, spell him with Uribe, let Cruz play 3rd - Gordon starts year in AAA. To date, Sellers is hitting .179 with a homer a RBI and 10Ks. He's also ranked 22nd in overall fielding by shortstops. Juan Uribe is yet to make an appearance at short in 2013. Luis Cruz is currently hitting .100 but is tied for 1st in 3B fielding overall (albeit with 8 other third basemen). Dee Gordon is currently hitting .317 with 7 RBI and 8 SB at AAA .... yet Dodger manager Don Mattingly states they have not considered recalling Gordon and that they are happy with Justin Sellers at short. This is the same Mattingly who made him his starting SS in 2012.
Now, consider they didn't trade Gordon in the off season when it was pretty obvious he wasn't in their immediate plans for 2013. And the same man who installed him as his starting SS last year now says he prefers Justin Sellers at short OVER Gordon and there is no consideration for a Gordon call up... something tells me that Gordon really pissed in someone's Cheerios and that he's being punished for something ... and for this extent? It must be more than just a minor infraction.
Any opinions or thoughts?