When the Kansas City Royals signed Derek Gordon to a minor league contract this offseason, it was an interesting story. Here was Alex Gordon‘s younger brother, who had gone undrafted after his college career and played for the Kansas City T-Bones in the independent American Association. He had posted a 6.49 ERA and a 1.937 WHiP in 26.1 innings, hardly the type of statistics that would make one think he would produce on an affiliated minor league squad.
This season, pitching for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League, Gordon exceeded those minimal expectations.