A minor's stint for Gordon could soon happen

After suffering through another 0-for-5 night on Friday, Dee Gordon may soon find himself working things out in Triple-A. 

According to Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngles.com (and shared by Jon Weisman of DodgerThoughts.com), Don Mattingly conceded after the walk-off win over the Cardinals that Gordon may soon be out of the leadoff spot, and could be out of LA altogether.

To summarize Mattingly's comments, he obviously didn't like what he saw from Gordon, as he failed to even hit the ball out of the infield.  "The game seems to be moving awfully fast for him right now" was the quote that stuck out to me the most.  And, simply put, it's true.  If he isn't striking out, he's grounding out to first or second.  It's not pretty.

While Mattingly never said anything about a demotion, Jackson did a little "reading between the lines," and seemed to get the impression that could happen.  It's more a matter of getting the regular at-bats to work on things, as he'll get more leading off in Triple-A than he would riding the pine in the majors.  So who knows.

It's hard not to like Gordon, but the time has come to, at the very least, move him out of the top spot.  A simple solution would be to put Tony Gwynn there when he is in.  In games Gwynn isn't in the starting lineup, perhaps guys like Justin Sellers or Elian Herrera could do it.  I know, not exactly intimidating names, but Gordon has an abysmal .239 OBP right now, so it's hard to get any worse.  Plus he has 10 errors at short in 35 games, which is already as many as he had in 54 games last year.  Not good.

Mattingly has shown patience with his players, but also is not afraid to do the right thing for the team.  One example is how he pulled Matt Kemp out of last Sunday's game after was clearly hurting.  Another was turning to Kenley Jansen as the closer over a struggling Javy Guerra.

We'll see what move, if any, is made with Gordon, but it sure looks like something has to give.  And whatever that decision is, let's hope it will get him back to being the electric player that he is.