Reds sign Dee Strange-Gordon to minor league deal

[chicoruiz]

Before people continue making fun of his name: The 10-year veteran elected to go by Strange-Gordon to honor his mother, DeVona Strange, who was killed when he was six years old. Strange-Gordon has been his surname for his whole life, though he'd previously chosen to go by the simplified "Gordon" after an announcer mispronounced his full name in rookie ball.

I think my takeaway from this whole thread is: How do you get a job as a baseball announcer if you can't correctly pronounce "Dee Strange-Gordon"???

[corkedbat]

Most teams sign solutions over the offseson. The Reds add clutter.

[Krusty]

Dear Chicken Little,

It’s a ML deal

Amen.

[UKFlounder]

So was Jason Marquis.

Dear Chicken Little,

It’s a ML deal

[Big Klu]

What a long Strange off-season it has been.

You could have given this board 800 guesses about who they would sign for SS and I am pretty certain collectively we would not have come up with this scenario.

Lately, it occurs to me,
What a long, Strange trip it's been.

[membengal]

i think my takeaway from this whole thread is: How do you get a job as a baseball announcer if you can't correctly pronounce "dee strange-gordon"???

what wizardry is this? Strange what now?

[757690]

Szymborski
@DSzymborski

The Reds are just perplexing. 33-year-old formerly fast middle infielder who actually is only good at playing left field now is something that some teams need, but certainly not the Reds.

The Reds aren't trying to contend or rebuild. The whole offseason has been emoji shrug.

Lost a lot respect for Szymborski with this tweet. It’s banana phone level.

It ignores crucial and obvious facts: it’s a minor league contract; Strange-Gordon has little chance of making the team; the Reds aren’t done with the off-season; there are still plenty of options for the Reds to improve the team.

It also has a immature personal attack tone to it, something you would read in the comment section of MLB.com. It’s an embarrassment for someone who wants to be considered a baseball journalist.

If this is the analysis he has to offer I would put him on permanent ignore.

Edit: And this was his next tweet, seriously, why is anyone listening to this guy?

I'm not sure why trying Nick Senzel, who you already employ, at shortstop is such a bad idea when your apparent backup plan at shortstop is to see what balls the manatees pick.

[Roy Tucker]

I get that it’s a minor league deal and probably lending depth to the roster. Ok fine.

But I’m really not getting very excited about the 2021 Reds. I hope better things start to happen.

[marcshoe]

I think my takeaway from this whole thread is: How do you get a job as a baseball announcer if you can't correctly pronounce "Dee Strange-Gordon"???

The irony is he mispronounced "Dee".

[marcshoe]

First Reds player whose father was a character in both a Stephen King novel and pop-up book.

Correction: second Reds player.

[Strikes Out Looking]

It may only be a minor league deal, but the real takeaway is that on Feb. 7, the Reds, a supposed major league team, do not have an actual starting shortstop.

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The irony is he mispronounced "Dee".

Haven't we kicked Thom enough on this website?

[wolfboy]

Not sure I understand this one at all unless it's a true minor league depth move. With Villar, at least there's some potential upside. I see zero upside with Dee Strange-Gordon.

[757690]

Not sure I understand this one at all unless it's a true minor league depth move. With Villar, at least there's some potential upside. I see zero upside with Dee Strange-Gordon.

I think this quote might explain the Reds decision:

Strange-Gordon has worked out with Barry Larkin over the years.

Some non-guaranteed deals like this are personal favors. That’s what I am guessing this is.

[Tom Servo]

I'll say this about Dee after looking at his numbers a bit: he may be better than what he's done with Seattle the last 3 seasons. He was terrible at Safeco or whatever they call it now, but he's hardly the only hitter with that unique split. The problem is he wasn't all that good on the road or anything (the highpoint being a .294/.325/.412 line on the road in 2019), but still much better then he was at home.

[Kc61]

I’m none too thrilled with this off-season, but as long as there are no more salary dumps Reds will be pretty decent.

I wouldn’t sweat the shortstop, they’ll figure something out. If Gordon doesn’t have it anymore, he won’t be the guy. They have all of ST to decide and possibly make a trade or signing.

The main issue remains the hitting, which was oddly bad last year, and needs to pick up in 2021.