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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Done.
If the Cards got Gordon at 5/$80 million, they could take the other $100 million they saved on Heyward and aggressively pursue Wei Yin Chen.
The Cards are better with Gordon and Chen than they are with just Heyward.
And Duncan, I have to presume that he'd have $80 million reasons to switch to RF. He won't do it for free, but if it comes as a condition of accepting that deal, I suspect he'd be open to it.
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He wouldn't move to RF when he was about to bust out of baseball. Unless his deal to play RF completely crushes all other offers, it would be something I'd expect to be a real factor.
San Francisco is going to be very competitive for him, to play HIS position. Will the Cardinals go way over the top of that to play him out of position?
Gordon's defensive excellence is more about his reads and instincts than anything else. Moving him to the other side of the diamond is risky,IMO, if you're expecting prime defensive value from him.
And at 5/80, KC can be right there/very competitive.