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Closing Time: A shopping list for Dee Gordon owners

Closing Time: A shopping list for Dee Gordon owners

Thursday night in Los Angeles, Dee Gordon helped the Marlins beat the Dodgers. He had a hit and a double, scored a run, nudged his OPS up a couple of points.

Before the team could get back to the hotel, Gordon was on the suspended list. He’ll miss 80 games, without pay, for violating the league’s drug policy. According to MLB, Gordon tested positive for exogenous Testosterone and Clostebol, performance-enhancing drugs. Gordon claims he took the substances unknowingly.

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I don’t have any Gordon shares, but if I did, I would probably try to shop him immediately. I don’t like tying up bench spots; I like to have liquid assets in that area. Every fantasy question comes down to context and this one largely so. In some other formats, he might be a forced hold.

I realize many of you are now in the market for immediate help at the middle infield, so I assembled a back-of-envelope collection of middle-infield prices. This isn’t an official Shuffle Up — those will start next week — and I’m not going to dot in the usual comments. Just consider this a buyer’s guide if you’re headed to the wire today. (If I missed one of your favorite players with a middle tag, let me know. I did not price anyone in the minors — sorry, Trea Turner Nation. I’m also not going to price Gordon — again, his worth going forward is going to be so heavily slanted by league format and context, I don’t really see the point. He’s worth whatever you want him to be worth.)

$32 Jose Altuve
$32 Manny Machado
$29 Carlos Correa
$20 Xander Bogaerts
$20 Francisco Lindor
$19 Ian Kinsler
$19 Matt Carpenter
$18 Robinson Cano
$18 Neil Walker
$18 Corey Seager
$17 Jean Segura
$17 Trevor Story
$17 Dustin Pedroia
$17 Jason Kipnis
$17 Brian Dozier
$16 Daniel Murphy
$16 Ben Zobrist
$15 Rougned Odor
$15 Logan Forsythe
$15 Troy Tulowitzki
$14 Anthony Rendon
$13 Eugenio Suarez
$13 Josh Harrison
$13 Addison Russell
$12 Joe Panik
$12 DJ LeMahieu
$12 Brett Lawrie
$11 Ian Desmond
$11 Starlin Castro
$10 Marcus Semien
$9 Brandon Phillips
$9 Jung Ho Kang*
$9 Matt Duffy
$8 Elvis Andrus
$7 Zack Cozart
$7 Jonathan Villar
$7 Cesar Hernandez
$7 Brandon Crawford
$6 Brock Holt
$6 Aledmys Diaz
$6 Eduardo Nunez
$6 Kolten Wong
$6 Devon Travis*
$5 Scooter Gennett*
$5 Derek Dietrich

Okay, here's a guy you need a few words on. Dietrich looks like Miami's logical second-base filler, and he has some pop (25 homers in 651 career at-bats). He rarely runs, and his career slash is .238/.321/.429. He has a reasonable .782 OPS against righties for his career; he's struggled against the southpaws.

$5 Jed Lowrie
$5 Chris Owings
$4 Jordy Mercer
$4 Chris Coghlan
$4 J.J. Hardy
$4 Jedd Gyorko
$4 Asdrubal Cabrera
$4 Jonathan Schoop
$3 Chase Utley
$3 Ketel Marte
$3 Javier Baez
$3 Eduardo Escobar
$2 Sean Rodriguez
$2 Alexei Ramirez
$2 Jimmy Rollins
$2 Alcides Escobar
$2 Andres Blanco
$2 Didi Gregorius
$2 Andrelton Simmons
$2 Brad Miller
$1 Freddy Galvis
$1 Jose Iglesias
$1 Cory Spangenberg
$1 Omar Infante
$1 Tommy LaStella
$1 Marwin Gonzalez
$1 Johnny Giavotella
$1 Adeiny Hechavarria
$1 Jace Peterson
$1 Howie Kendrick
$0 Nick Ahmed
$0 Danny Espinosa
$0 Erick Aybar
$0 Wilmer Flores