Infielder/outfielder Nick Gordon has been despatched outright to Triple-A Jacksonville, in line with his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That signifies he cleared waivers after being designated for project earlier this week.
Gordon, 28, is a former first-round decide and prime 100 prospect with some main league success on his observe report. However the truth that no membership was keen to assert him off waivers demonstrates how a lot his inventory has fallen these days.
His finest main league season was 2022, when he bought into 138 video games for the Twins. He hit .272/.316/.427 for a wRC+ of 111 whereas stealing six bases and bouncing across the diamond, enjoying the three infield spots to the left of first base in addition to the outfield.
However then he put up a dismal line of .176/.185/.319 in 2023 earlier than fracturing his tibia by fouling a ball off himself, which ended his season in mid-Might. He was traded to the Marlins coming into 2024 and bounced again a bit, however not a lot. He slashed .227/.258/.369 on the 12 months earlier than getting minimize from the roster this week.
Regardless of his former prospect pedigree and defensive versatility, he’s now out of choices and has a .244/.283/.386 batting line in over 1,000 main league plate appearances, which interprets to a wRC+ of 86. Any membership may have nabbed him off waivers however all of them handed.
Gordon has greater than three years of main league service time, which supplies him the correct to reject this outright project and elect free company. However since he has lower than 5 years of service, he must forfeit what’s left of his wage so as to take action. He’s making $900K this 12 months, leaving roughly $246K left to be paid out. Quite than depart that on the desk, he would possibly report back to Jacksonville and supply the Marlins with some non-roster depth.
