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Originally Posted by Meatloaf
With all due respect, Duncan, did you see his stats last year? Calling for cutting him now isn't just about his non-performance this Spring, but his overall downward trend since signing that huge contract. Apparently, the guy won't listen to anyone as per making changes, and with the guaranteed contract, he seems to feel that he doesn't have to. As management, I simply would not tolerate that kind of attitude and performance.
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Of course I did. But nobody in Baseball takes Spring Training stats for a veteran player as something to make a decision on, good or bad.
That’s my point. If he’s just as bad early this year as he has been the past 2, maybe they’ll move on or at least move him out of the lineup.
But there really is nothing to gain by cutting him now. Those ST stats could be a sign that the adjustments he saidhe was making over the winter didn’t work, or they might not. They’re not trying to compete this year, not really. There isn’t a good young player blocked by his presence until Bonifacio is reinstated.
His contract is a sunk cost. They’re not getting out from under it. All that can happen if they cut him now is that he goes elsewhere. If he performs for that team, you’ve even more embarrassed by the situation.
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Originally Posted by RubberSponge
And Brett went on to have a HOF career. Not so much for Gordon.
Gordon is done. And he wants to keep it that way apparently. He is just stealing money from the Royals at this point.
Of course I thought Gordon never should have had an big contract. It was obvious he was declining at a very rapid rate a few years ago. But you could never say that about him around the hometown hero folks at that time. They would have been livid at any suggestion of it.
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Sorry, but I’m going to say bullshit to the statement that his decline at this rate was obvious unless you’re talking about things that have happened since he signed the deal.
Decline hadn’t started in 2014 or 2015. They were practically identical seasons, and Gordon was about 20 percent above average offensively both years, with excellent defense.
It was not obvious this cliff was coming at the time of his deal. The market came back a bit on him, and they got him for fewer years and a smaller AAV than anyone forecast at the start of FA. Detractors locally or nationally were few and far between.
It sucks the Royals are strapped with this now, but don’t act like it was a clear, obvious thing.