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Royals Acquire Nick Gordon

By Mark Polishuk | April 5, 2025 at 10:58pm CDT

1:27PM: The Orioles will receive cash considerations in return, MLB.com’s Anne Rogers reports.

12:28PM: The Royals have acquired Nick Gordon from the Orioles, FanSided’s Robert Murray reports.  Baltimore’s end of the trade return isn’t yet known.  Gordon signed a minor league deal with the O’s last winter, and he’ll now join the team that his father Tom pitched with from 1988-95.

Drafted fifth overall by the Twins in 2014, Gordon is a known commodity to the Royals from his 243 games with Minnesota across the 2021-23 seasons.  It seemed like Gordon was breaking through when he hit .272/.316/.427 over 443 plate appearances for the Twins while playing all over the diamond in a super-sub role, but a fractured shin limited him to 34 MLB games in 2023.  Minnesota then dealt Gordon to the Marlins in February 2024, and Gordon hit only .227/.258/.369 over 95 games and 275 PA with Miami, playing mostly as a left fielder.

This tenure in South Beach ended when the Marlins outrighted Gordon off their 40-man roster last August, and he spent the rest of the season in Triple-A.  He elected minor league free agency in October and landed with Baltimore, though his chances of making the Opening Day roster always seemed rather slim, given the number of infield options the Orioles already had available.

Gordon will now get a fresh start in Kansas City, and perhaps be in a slightly better position for a big league call-up.  The Royals have other MLB-experienced players as Harold Castro and Jordan Groshans at Triple-A, though the likes of Nick Loftin, Joey Wiemer, or Drew Waters (who have also seen time in the majors) are already on the 40-man roster.  The fact that the Royals went out and got Gordon, however, indicates that the team wasn’t entirely satisfied with its roster depth, plus Gordon adds some more left-handed hitting to the mix.

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  1. horaceallen

    6 months ago

    Wow, looking like Vlad and Jays are close on a 14 year $500M deal.

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    • mlb fan

      6 months ago

      “14 year $500M deal”…I’d be super leery of signing a long term deal with a guy who apparently thinks you only have to keep your weight down and work out in your walk year. I think this guy will most likely be over 300 lbs within a 12 months of signing his long term deal.

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      • Tigers3232

        6 months ago

        @MLB You re a few years late commenting on this. He trimmed down prior to this offseason, so not only on his walk year like you claimed.

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      • Mets Era Thumping Soto

        6 months ago

        It’s not even funny anymore on the stupid weight comments. He’s not even remotely out of shape. The man is one of the top five hitters in the MLB.

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    • cooperhill

      6 months ago

      Way too much for an overnight one dimensional player.

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      • mlb fan

        6 months ago

        “One dimensional player”…He’s quite one dimensional and seemingly with questionable motivation.

        How does Toronto’s front office not know there likely isn’t another team even willing to go to half of that amount at $250M.

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        • Mets Era Thumping Soto

          6 months ago

          What dimension is that? A top 10 player in baseball?

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        • mlb fan

          6 months ago

          Vlad Jr. is not even in the top 30 baseball players in my book. The best players are multi dimensional and bring it every year, not every other year.

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        • Mets Era Thumping Soto

          6 months ago

          He literally has never missed a game for injury. He hits for average and power. He strikes out less than almost anyone in the game. You’re just being hateful saying he’s a one dimensional player. Obviously MLB executives think otherwise and he will be paid accordingly. Even the Dodgers would consider giving him tons of money with an aging Freddie Freeman on the roster.

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      6 months ago

      Source?

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  2. BobGibsonFan

    6 months ago

    Alex Gordon’s son.

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    • Tron Carter

      6 months ago

      Tom Gordon’s son.

      We win regardless.

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    • Lefty_Orioles_Fan

      6 months ago

      I was hoping for Ming the Merciless

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    • Larry Brown's crank

      6 months ago

      Jeff Gordon son

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      • cooperhill

        6 months ago

        Jeff was a sterile weasel.

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    • mrperkins

      6 months ago

      Gordon Shumway’s son.

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      • beknighted

        6 months ago

        The Gorton’s Fisherman’s son.

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        • Netflix

          6 months ago

          Gordon Lightfoot’s boy.

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        • AHH-Rox

          6 months ago

          Batgirl’s brother.

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        • Lefty_Orioles_Fan

          6 months ago

          Loved Bat Girl…she was a real beauty

          Reply
      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        6 months ago

        @mrperkins,
        Thank you!

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    • Logjammer D'Baggagecling

      6 months ago

      Dee Gordon’s younger Brother. Also the son of Flash Gordon

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    • KCMOWHOA

      6 months ago

      Gordon Ramsey’s godson

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      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        6 months ago

        Do you mean Gordon ‘F#€£¡ng’ Ramsey?

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    • gray

      6 months ago

      Nina Gordon’s nephew

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    • Logjammer D'Baggagecling

      6 months ago

      Nephew 3 times removed from Gordon Bombay.

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  3. BaseballBrian

    6 months ago

    Nick Gordon was found to be responsible for the death of Whitney Houston’s daughter.

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    • rct

      6 months ago

      Wrong Nick Gordon, buddy. That Nick Gordon also passed away in 2020.

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      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        6 months ago

        Which makes this news report even more amazing!

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        • baseballandbrews

          6 months ago

          Orioles definitely won the deal then, regardless of the return!

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        • JayKCU

          6 months ago

          Commissioner Gordon’s son

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    • cooperhill

      6 months ago

      COCAINE was. Apple 🍎 didn’t fall too far from the tree!

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    • cooperhill

      6 months ago

      NOPE COCAINE!

      Reply
  4. Yankee Doubter

    6 months ago

    Mark, the Marlins play in MIAMI! South Beach is in MIAMI BEACH, a totally different city!

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    • braveshomer

      6 months ago

      New York Football stadium is in NJ isn’t it? Atlanta Braves technically play in Smyrna, GA, only their Mailbox is in Atl lol….I don’t think the teams care much either for technicalities

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      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        6 months ago

        Many of us originalists prefer calling the Atlanta Braves the Boston Beaneaters. Glad you’re already onboard.

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    • strange faces

      6 months ago

      Is that why LeBron left? 🙄

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  5. Rsox

    6 months ago

    So they got the good Gordon rather than the Strange-Gordon…

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  6. coachsixstring

    6 months ago

    Dairon’s injury is bad and Tolbert isn’t long for The Show. ???

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  7. Dumpster Divin Theo

    6 months ago

    Nick moves from hipster Minnehaha to Midwester Kay Cee, and changes his moniker from Nick the Stick to Nick the Hick.

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  8. gray

    6 months ago

    Question: Is there an MLB standard price for “cash consideration” & is there a time table to make said payment?

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    • NashvilleJeff

      6 months ago

      @gray: No set price for cash consideration. Can be as little as $1 (and has) and up. Not sure about the time limit, but I think I’ve seen mention that it has to be paid w/in the calendar year of the transaction.

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    • cooperhill

      6 months ago

      Usually $50,000.

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  9. Old York

    6 months ago

    Kansas City just paid cash for a “just-in-time” insurance policy that gives them marginal roster elasticity — a concept every contending team talks about but few non-contenders ever act on.

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  10. cooperhill

    6 months ago

    23 minutes ago? Try 11 hours ago!🤣

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