{"id":23244,"date":"2025-01-04T01:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T01:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=23244"},"modified":"2025-01-04T01:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T01:24:01","slug":"breaking-news-orioles-sign-son-of-3-time-mlb-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=23244","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Orioles sign son of 3-time MLB All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/orioles-cap-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"A Baltimore Orioles cap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Orioles are signing the son of a guy who used to dominate them in their division decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore announced on Tuesday that they have signed superutilityman Nick Gordon in free agency. The 29-year-old Gordon is getting a minor-league deal from the club.<\/p>\n<p>Nick is the son of former AL saves leader Tom Gordon, who was a three-time All-Star reliever (including in the AL East with the Boston Red Sox in 1998 and then with the New York Yankees in 2004).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Nick is the younger brother of former MLBer Dee-Strange Gordon, a multi-time All-Star and ex-NL batting champion himself.<\/p>\n<p>There is not a whole bunch of upside for the Orioles here as Nick is a career .244 hitter with an overall negative WAR over four MLB seasons.<\/p>\n<p>But he has logged experience at six different positions in the field (mainly in left field) and could be a factor for a Baltimore team that has done a lot of bargain-boxing this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Orioles are signing the son of a guy who used to dominate them in their division decades ago. 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