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I get the pessimism. I really do. But Dee Gordon is a former batting champion, and year-in, year-out contender for the SB crown. He also plays GG-caliber 2B, and is on an affordable, short-ish contract that doesn't extend into his projected decline years.
He's a valuable commodity. Full stop. A half dozen teams in baseball would give you 1:1 value for him because he'd be a huge upgrade for them. Full stop. Maybe the Rays specifically wouldn't be a fit, but some team, somewhere, would take him if the M's brass decided he needed to be converted into something else.