Last season Dee Gordon put a sign above his locker in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse. It had three simple words that sum up his mindset as a ballplayer: “Trust the Process”.
That has to be what he’s thinking right now, given that the organization he grew up in has shipped him off to the Miami Marlins.
The particulars of the trade he was involved in are as murky as Gordon’s time with the Dodgers: complicated.
Coming into the 2014 season, the Dodgers were giving him one last shot in the big leagues, but didn't have a guaranteed starting job coming out of spring training. By May, he looked like Roberto Alomar reincarnated. He made the All-Star team, led the league in steals (64), triples (12) and was the catalyst on a team that won 94 games and a division title. Most of all, to Dodger fans, he was their little brother.
From talking to him, Gordon never envisioned playing for another team. But, it’s his reality now. Before leaving town, though, he showed what a class act he is in a note he posted to the organization and Dodger fans on Twitter.
pic.twitter.com/KSkrZmKVUg — Dee Gordon (@FlashGJr) December 11, 2014
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What I’m wondering is, who’s going to do the Dougie if the Dodgers win the NL West against next season?
At 26 years old Gordon’s at the age when players start to hit their stride and he seemed well on his way to fitting that mold. But, he, clearly, didn’t fit in the Dodgers future.
It’ll be interesting to see where his career goes from here. It seems like he just arrived in Los Angeles now he’s gone, in a flash.
