It’s just baseball.As part of the event, each team is encouraged to help support the fight, and it’s not too late! Every dollar amount counts $50 funds 1 hour of research. It seems like we’re seeing the beginning of the end for Alex Gordon. It’s baseball.īut in a sport where symbolism helps us process the thousands of individual moments that happen on a baseball field, I’m struck by a particular moment that happened on an innocuous Tuesday evening between two teams that are unlikely to make even expanded playoffs. Gordon could go on a tear and re-sign with the Royals next year. McBroom’s pinch hit home run might not be anything special. We can all see the extent to which Gordon is struggling at the plate like he never has before. Ultimately, though, the numbers are simply dressing. And over his last 249 plate appearances going back to last year, Gordon only has nine extra base hits. Gordon’s bounceback 2019 campaign saw him produce at about a league average offensive level-until pitchers figured him out. Nevertheless, Ed carried on as he had been, although his and Alex's both. It is entirely possible that Gordon could improve. 179/.258/.268, and he has been a replacement level player. But, as it is with any position player, if you can’t hit you can’t stay on the field. His defense is still good, if not quite elite. And unlike in the previous two thirds of his career, defensive shifts have turned what were previously ground ball hits into ground ball outs at a much higher rate. He can’t make the kind of contact he used to. 235/.318/.364, and he has hit 17% below league average with a WAR of 3.4 over that time.
But since 2016, Gordon’s batting line has cratered to. Fangraphs rated him at 24.1 Wins Above Replacement.
The air in Gordon’s game has been deflating for five years. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. In the eighth inning, with the game on the line, manager Mike Matheny pinch Ryan McBroom, 28-year-old rookie, for the Great Gordon. Game Used Baseball: Nick Gordon single off Pete Fairbanks - Nick Gordon Rookie Season - Top 7 - Septemv MIN. One moment where the writing on the wall flickered in Royal blue. Tens of thousands of moments, kernels of corn in a field of dreams.īut last night, there was one moment that stood out. Get all the top Game Used Items and Signed Memorabilia at. It is probably folly to determine one single instance in which Gordon’s decline from the mountaintop began. Guaranteed Authentic Game Used Alex Gordon Memorabilia is at Online Store.
Every year players stretch deeper into their 30s, they lose more of the physical edge they once had when they were younger. To play it at the highest level for a decade or longer is an amazing feat. Baseball is physically and mentally demanding. His career earnings are north of $117 million.īut despite the best and valiant efforts of the likes of Jamie Moyer, Ichiro, Bartolo Colon, and Omar Vizquel to convince us otherwise, Father Time is, as they say, undefeated.
Gordon was an integral part to two AL Champion teams and helped win the Royals’ first World Series in 30 years. This 2015 Game Used jersey of Alex Gordon was purchased at 2016 Royals Fan Fest directly from the Royals team shop. Alex Kirilloff 19 - Limited Edition of 25 Purple Topps Card - Features Authenticated Game Used Base from MLB Debut during 2020 Wild Card Game on 9/30/19 vs. Over 14 years with the Royals, Gordon received MVP votes, was selected three times for the All-Star game, and has won seven Gold Glove awards. It's officially licensed by Major League Baseball. The second overall pick in his draft, Kansas City fans gave Gordon a standing ovation in his first big league plate appearance. The game-used baseball was obtained under the auspices of the MLB Authentication Program and can be verified by its numbered hologram at MLB.com.
Likewise, a baseball player’s career is made up of hundreds, thousands, or, if you’re lucky and skilled, tens or hundreds of thousands of those moments.Īlex Gordon has enjoyed a quality baseball career in the 99th percentile of professional baseball players. Each moment is mostly inconsequential by itself, but the combined weight of dozens of those moments determines the fate of the game. Every baseball game is made up of hundreds of individual moments.