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BP Daily: A Royal problem in K.C.

By Kevin Goldstein
Baseball Prospectus

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

It wasn't that long ago that Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon was the next big thing. In 2005, he won nearly every individual award handed out in college baseball, with a .372/.518/.715 (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) line during his junior year at Nebraska while showing enough athleticism to add 23 stolen bases in 26 attempts. To see what went wrong with KC's handling of Gordon, you must be an ESPN Insider. "I thought he would be a superstar ...

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