Comments on: Alex Gordon, Royals avoid arbitration with one-year deal http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Baseball Idiot http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-258145 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:31:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-258145 Lets crucify one Messiah at a time.

]]> By: sportsdrenched.com http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-258012 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-258012 Royals have control of Gordon through the 2013 season. If what you say is true about ayton Moore, why do they pander so much to Luke Hochaver? The scouting Director who drafted him was fired when Moore took over.

]]> By: The Baseball Idiot http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-257912 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:04:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-257912 Gordon will be gone after this year. Keeping him around will only do two things:

1. Prove Dayton Moore was wrong along

2. Be a reminder to Dayton Moore that at one time he didn’t have his iron-fisted control over the club (Gordon wasn’t his draft choice)

In other words, for one small, brief moment in life, Dayton Moore wasn’t perfect. Gordon will always be a remind of that. Therefore, he has no future with the team.

]]> By: vols84 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-257826 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:51:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-257826 Is anyone surprised that the royals might screw this up? This is the same GM and owner that fired town favorite and Royal Hall of Famer Frank White as the color commentary man for the local broadcasts. I am sure that Dayton will replace him with a former Atlanta Brave just like he has with every open roster spot. This town is sick of the Braves Way and Scott Pioli’s Patriot Way and no winning to go along with it.

]]> By: royalsfaninfargo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-257820 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:24:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-257820 Hopefully this is the first step towards a long term deal.

]]> By: sportsdrenched.com http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-257814 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-257814 The important thing is they DON’T go to arbitration. As far apart as they were on the numbers for a LT deal this is the best course of action.

If the Alex puts together another good season the Royals better pay him. If he reverts to old Alex the Royals aren’t on the hook for an alabtross contract.

]]> By: Tyree Studio http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/alex-gordon-royals-avoid-arbitration-with-one-year-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-257809 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:53:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110295#comment-257809 It was my understanding that they hammered out this one year deal to avoid going to arbitration and that they were still going to continue to try and work-out a long term deal???

The longer this goes on the less confident I am that Gordon will be a Royal past 2013…

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