No amount of DL stints could stop this Royals' love triangle from forming, it was bound to happen. Chris Getz has made his return from the DL and now we begin the Gordon, Getz, Callaspo love triangle with Trey playing the role of director in the saga. With seemingly no good solution to the situation it is bound to look bad from any angle. The most obvious reaction to his re-arrival would be to say "hey Chris get to know Willie, talk shop on the bench and wait your turn; you´re the least accopmlished member of the triangle and either Alberto or Alex has to fail miserably before you get your chance again." Well, we knew this wasn't going to happen and now Gordon is relegated to a wait and see position where his only outs are that someone gets injured, traded or again fails miserably. Once the pride of the organization, now forced to ride the bench and pinch run/hit when the situation arises - it really is pretty sad.
This all started with the Teahen trade and the Royals' inability to trade Callaspo during the offseason. At first it looked like Callaspo was the odd-man-out and then Alex got injured early which opened the door for Alberto to hit lights-out in Spring Training and remind everyone that, oh yeah he's a pretty good hitter. So the Hilman Think Tank realized that yes his bat must be in the line-up. However, Getz is just like the coaches son in little league; no matter what he does Hilman and Moore will not see his flaws because their paternal love for him is so blinding that he is infallible in their eyes. You could point out that while Gordon didn't hit lights out, he walked a lot, has a higher OBP than Getz and his one homerun led directly to one of the Royals few wins while Getz has yet to hit anything but singles. But they would most certainly tell you all about his amazing defensive abilities and OH MY GOD that incredible speed of his. You could also point out that moving a bad defensive second baseman to third and thinking his bad defense will be hidden there doesn't quite add-up but they will tell you that Callaspo goes from horrible second basemen to Brooks Robinson over at the Hot Corner. You could also try to explain that Callaspo's real value is at second base, because he has some pop and hits for average and gets on base and is a well above average offensive second basemen, but will never have corner infield pop. But they would look confused and tell you that classic baseball strategy says second base = short, can't hit for power, speedy, good bunter. That is what you want at second and that is our boy Chris Getz. So never mind Gordon's potential and Callaspo's proven track record as a hitter, CG is the Royals second baseman, forever! I'm expecting that at least by the end of the season they'll have a lifetime guaranteed contract in Getz' hands (Frank White watch out for your team records).
Its hard to really fault the team, they like Getz at second, Okay. But this is the result: Someone loses and right now its Alex Gordon. While he has not been Evan Longoria, he seemingly still has more up-side than Getz but for now it seems that he's forced out into limbo land.
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