Some said the Marlins gave up too much to acquire Dee Gordon, but he’s rewarded them with baseball’s best batting average.
He’ll dig in against his former team Monday night when Miami visits the Los Angeles Dodgers, who hope Zack Greinke’s dominant stretch continues.
Gordon came to Miami in a seven-player deal that also brought Dan Haren over from the Dodgers. Acquiring Gordon, coming off his first All-Star season, seemed like a no-brainer, though the Marlins had to part with Andrew Heaney, their top pitching prospect. Los Angeles went on to flip Heaney for Howie Kendrick, who is batting .288 with 16 RBIs.
Gordon has made general manager Mike Hill and company look good so far, as he’s batting a big league-best .439 and his 54 hits through 29 games are tied for the third-most in history. He’s also 30 for 54 during a 13-game hitting streak, extending it with two doubles in Sunday’s 3-2 loss at San Francisco after missing two games with a hamstring injury.
The second baseman is just 1 for 6 with three strikeouts against Greinke, who is looking to match teammate Clayton Kershaw’s 11 straight winning decisions from last year. Greinke (5-0, 1.56 ERA) owns a 1.99 ERA in 14 starts since his last loss. He’s thrown at least six innings in all six outings this year, allowing one or no runs four times.
The right-hander is 3-0 with a 3.97 ERA in six games against the Marlins, including five starts.
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