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Royals option Alex Gordon to AAA

Everyone's favorite screwy organization has optioned the "franchise saviour" back to AAA again now that they've activated Chris Getz from the DL.

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Now, don't get me wrong, I'm glad they're doing this rather than letting him rot on the bench. At the same time, I doubt Getz or Callaspo will be on the next good Royals team and there's still a decent shot that Gordon will. Then again, this is the same organization that has repeatedly buried Kila Ka'aihue by acquiring inferiour options. The Royals are not playing for this year, so "fielding the best team possible" isn't really much of an excuse. You don't sign the dessicated remains of Jason Kendall when you want to field the best team possible.

The dumber thing is that Gordon missed all of Spring Training with a broken thumb, was rushed back from his rehab stint when Getz got hurt (when the red hot Mike Aviles was an available substitute), predictably struggled to find his swing, and now is getting demoted. I'm not sure if it matters in this case, but since he isn't on a rehab stint anymore, Gordon is no longer accruing MLB service time (remember, they played games with his service time last year).

Basically, this seems like another prime example of a bad team being badly run and making a poor situation worse.

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