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Marlins Designate Nick Gordon For Assignment

By Steve Adams | August 5, 2024 at 1:35pm CDT

The Marlins are designating utilityman Nick Gordon for assignment, reports Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. Miami picked up Gordon in an offseason trade sending reliever Steven Okert to the Twins. He’s out of minor league options and thus wasn’t eligible to be sent down without first passing through waivers — which is where he’ll head now that he’s been DFA’ed and the trade deadline has passed. Miami has since announced the trade and formally added weekend waiver claim Derek Hill to its active roster.

Gordon, 28, has primarily played left field for the Fish this season but has also logged 16 games in center and another six at second base. The former No. 5 overall pick has swatted eight homers — one shy of his career-high — but carries a generally tepid .227/.258/.369 batting line in 275 plate appearances. This season’s 24.4% strikeout rate is higher than the 22.7% mark he carried into the season and miles above the 11.8% mark he showed in 93 plate appearances with Minnesota during the 2023 season.

Originally drafted as a shortstop, Gordon never saw much run at the position by the time he reached the majors in 2021. The Twins only gave him 155 innings there from ’21-’23, and the Marlins haven’t played him there for even one inning. Minnesota broke Gordon in primarily as a center fielder and second baseman, giving him ample reps at the former spot during IL stints for oft-injured center fielder Byron Buxton.

Though Gordon hasn’t lived up to that draft billing, back in 2022 he looked to have carved out a nice role as a heavily used bench/utility piece for manager Rocco Baldelli in Minnesota. He hit .272/.316/.427 (111 wRC+) with nine homers, 28 doubles, four triples and six steals in 443 plate appearances — all while splitting his time between center field, left field and the three non-first-base infield spots. Gordon got out to an awful start in 2023, however, and compounded that sluggish beginning of the year with a major injury when he fractured his tibia upon fouling a ball into his leg. That proved to be a season-ender, and he’s not yet returned to form following the offseason trade that shipped him to Miami.

The Marlins gave Gordon a decent look in the outfield but are turning things over to a younger contingent following their deadline dealings. They acquired corner outfielder Kyle Stowers from the Orioles in their trade of Trevor Rogers, and Stowers will likely step into Gordon’s slot as the primary left fielder. (Infield prospect Connor Norby, acquired alongside Stowers, could also get a look in left field if the Marlins don’t view the bat-first Norby as a long-term option at second base.) Post-deadline waiver claims of center fielders Hill and Cristian Pache further squeezed Gordon out of the picture, it seems.

Both Pache and Hill are now on the active roster. Gordon will be placed on outright waivers or released in the coming days. He has enough service time to reject an outright assignment to the minors if he clears, but doing so would mean forfeiting the remainder of this season’s $900K salary, so he’ll very likely head to Jacksonville if he’s not claimed by another club.

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26 Comments

  1. jessecc08

    11 months ago

    went before Turner in same draft. Twins front office thought Gordon was the better SS prospect

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    • mlb fan

      11 months ago

      “Went before Turner”….That’s drafting malpractice. Not only Trea Turner , but Nick Gordon was drafted ahead of Matt Chapman, Erick Fedde and Aaron Nola too. This either shows that drafting is an inexact science or the Minnesota Twins have no idea what they are doing.

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      • TheMan 3

        11 months ago

        not all high draft picks become superstars, you know better, mlb fan

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      • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

        11 months ago

        Fedde is in the Josh Hamilton group where it is a mistake drafting him despite the major league success

        Fedde was supposed to be the 3rd guy behind scherzer and strasburg but was horrible as a national

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      • NoShoW 2

        11 months ago

        Fedde has been good for exactly half a season in his career. Wouldn’t really count him as someone that teams “missed” on in the draft.

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      • arby58

        11 months ago

        Inexact science. You can do this hindsight look over hundreds of draft picks

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    • martras

      11 months ago

      Dude made it to MLB and had a near 2 WAR season in 2022. That’s a success for a draft pick.

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  2. BaseballBrian

    11 months ago

    First Whitney Houston, and now this.

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    • Reynaldo's

      11 months ago

      what’s the connection

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      Reply
  3. wvredsfan

    11 months ago

    Yep… and remember Albert Pujols lasted until the 13th round… it happens

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    • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

      11 months ago

      Mike piazza to the whatever high number round

      In football, Tom Brady to the 6th round

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  4. kinkykontrol

    11 months ago

    Dodgers have picked up utility man Nick Gordon off waivers. To make room on the 40 man, [reliever you forgot was there] has been optioned to AAA.

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  5. TheStevilEmpire1

    11 months ago

    Time for Nick to convert to pitching, I’m sure his dad would help.

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    • martras

      11 months ago

      His arm isn’t the same as it was when he was touching 90mph on the mound back in high school.

      Reply
  6. MickeyTheMod

    11 months ago

    Nick the Stick. Yummmy

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  7. martras

    11 months ago

    I doubt anybody makes a waiver claim on him, but even if they do, they’ll just DFA him and try to pass him through in their system. Gordon might benefit from some time in AAA as he did look solid enough back in 2022, but he’s far from a prospect at this point now that he’s closing in on age 29.

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  8. Benjamin101677

    11 months ago

    Draft is very hard only think there has been a handful of 1st round 1st overall picks to ever make a hall of fame career. Chipper jones one of them but not sure if there has been many more. So draft is a hard science

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    • Joe It All

      11 months ago

      Ken Griffey Jr and Harold Baines are the only other two #1 overall picks as well as Chipper Jones that are in the Hall of Fame.

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      • ohyeadam

        11 months ago

        You can add a new man to the list this year. Joe Mauer taken 1,1 by the Minnesota Twins in 2001 is now a HoFer. This is Twins Territory:)

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  9. UWPSUPERFAN77

    11 months ago

    I thought he was adequate when He played against the Brewers. Miami blaming ML player for their demise. Give me a break. Someone will pick him up quick!

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    • holecamels35

      11 months ago

      I doubt it. He’s 29 and can’t stay healthy or effective.

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  10. Silas

    11 months ago

    Have ANY of these players ever completed their “assignments”?

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  11. Monkey’s Uncle

    11 months ago

    He’s very Strange, Gordon.

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    • Prospectnvstr

      11 months ago

      Monkey’s Uncle: Dee told me that you’re supposed to call him Mr. Devarius.

      Reply
  12. dirkbill1958

    11 months ago

    I know this doesn’t have anything to do with his baseball career but Nick doesn’t believe the moon exists ;~)

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    • bwood

      11 months ago

      I really wish he would have explained his “theory” in greater detail.
      Guess that’d be kinda hard for him to to do since obviously while in school he wasn’t there to learn & didn’t learn but was there to work towards getting to the show.

      Anyone one with “Moon aint real” facts please, I beg of you, present them in full detail.

      twitter.com/jeremytache/status/1765837726052401618

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