The Marlins held extension discussions today with Dee Gordon’s representatives at Beverly Hills Sports Council, MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro reports on Twitter. The sides are “making progress,” per the report.
Gordon played at an extremely high level for Miami last year after coming over in a Winter Meetings swap from the Dodgers. He led the league with 58 stolen bases and a .333 batting average. He put up an overall 114 OPS+ for the season and drew rave reviews for his defense, making him worth about four to five wins above replacement.
The Fish control Gordon through 2018 via arbitration. MLBTR projects him to earn $5.9MM through the arb process in 2016. We learned yesterday that the sides were expected to explore a deal in Nashville.
Love to see Gordon sign an extension through arbitration w/maybe 1-2 team options if they would give him a solid no trade throughout, otherwise, no sense really in doing so with the Fish. Hometown boy (SEU) and grew up in Avon Park probably would like to stay around Florida, or thinking a reason for why would explore an extension with the Fish.
As a Marlins fan, I would prefer to trade him. If we can get anywhere close to what we gave up for him, that would be nice. His value is at its highest
The Dodgers must hate trading him a year ago: no Gordon, Heany, or Kendrick currently on their roster