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Dee Gordon: Marlins' moves are 'embarrassing'

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Even before the Miami Marlins traded Giancarlo Stanton to the New York Yankees, the writing was on the wall: Payroll was set to be slashed.

The first casualty was second baseman Dee Gordon, who was traded to the Seattle Mariners for a trio of prospects just before the winter meetings. Since then, Miami's dealt both Stanton and outfielder Marcell Ozuna, and the players left behind are less than optimistic about their situation.

Gordon, who is switching to center field with the Mariners, doesn't like what he's seeing in South Florida.

"It's terrible," Gordon told the Sun Sentinel's Tim Healey. "It's almost - I'm not even going to say almost. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. I don't want to bash anyone, but what's happened is not good."

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The 29-year-old speedster said he was surprised by the moves. And with former teammate Christian Yelich also reportedly unhappy with the direction of the team, Gordon thinks the Marlins should trade him too.

"I think you have to let the dude go win," Gordon said. "That's what you did for the rest of us, let us have a chance to win. Let him go win."

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In his three seasons with the Marlins, Gordon hit .309/.340/.384 with 51 doubles, 249 runs, and 148 stolen bases in 382 games. Only Billy Hamilton has stolen more bases in that time.

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