It was a matter of “when” and not “if” Chattanooga Lookouts second-year infielder Nick Gordon would be promoted this season.
Nick Gordon stretches before hitting a single in the bottom of the third inning against the Tennessee Smokies Sunday afternoon at AT&T Field.When came Tuesday.
The Minnesota Twins bumped the 22-year-old Gordon up to Triple-A Rochester (N.Y.), fulfilling a guarantee that Twins first-year player development director Jeremy Zoll made before the season. Knowing such a call could come at any moment, Gordon displayed a consistency that yielded a .333 average in 42 games with five home runs and 20 RBIs.
His fifth homer occurred during Monday night’s loss in Biloxi.
“I just play,” Gordon said last Wednesday as the Lookouts wrapped up a 10-game homestand. “As long as I’ve got a uniform on, that’s all I worry about. It’s about whatever field I’m on that day. It’s not about the future, and it’s not about the past. It’s about today.”