We’ve had this conversation many times in our offices. Would we take steroids in order to get the mega million dollar contract? It seems as if it was almost unanimous that the answer was a resounding yes. We don’t blame players that don’t have the skills to succeed at the major league level for doing what they can to survive. Dee Gordon fits this mold.
He was a late bloomer, getting sent down with the Dodgers after flaming out as a top prospect. He had a resurgence as a second baseball with the Dodgers two years ago, before winning a batting championship last year with Miami.