So this young man from the Los Angeles Dodgers was traded to Miami in what some would say was a one sided deal... We lost one of our best pitching prospects in Andrew Heaney but also got Dan Haren for a grand total of zero.zero dollars. (He hasn't been too bad either). All we knew about him was that he was fast and he doesn't walk. Well that and that he loves to be caressed by Rod Barajas.
I'm sure he misses his old teammate.
Now he is in Miami and still does not walk but amazingly he has 34 hits in 20 baseball games and is hitting an astonishing .395! Even more astounding is his caught stealing number as he has been thrown out 6 times on the bases already! Even Dee is surprising himself.
Now I don't get into those advance BABIP stats which say he is getting lucky and stuff because that just puts a damper even though I am a statistics teacher. Can we just say that he is a quality slap hitter and worth the investment we put on him?
All I know is he has got hops and can easily dunk over Christian Yelich
Take that Christian!!!
So far its been positive having Mr. Dee Gordon around.... now if only he can close games and not let that Shrek guy blow another one... Shades of Heath Bell...
(That was a scary time period)
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