Nobody is saying Dee Gordon is going to save the world or the season, or that anybody should be worried about that right now. I figure, if I'm going to panic, I will panic about Matt Kemp's 0 for 10 or Josh Beckett getting shelled before I panic about the left side of the infield.
But let's look at this Luis Cruz is 0 for 10, Justin Sellers is 0 for 6, and Juan Uribe is 0 for 3. We can rightly say that Gordon has not figured out how to hit major league pitching, but none of those guys is exactly lighting it up, either. One thing Gordon has that those guys don't have is speed, and when Tim Lincecum hands you 7 walks in five innings and you can't pull out a win, you figure some speed might help.
Pitchers may be figuring out Cruz, Uribe is most likely not poised for a comeback and Sellers is a decent utility guy, but perhaps not muh more. If Gordon is the future, or if you want to decide if he is the future, this may be a good time to get him at bats. When Hanley comes back, it may be a good idea to send him down to get him consistent at bats, but until then, why not? You can move Cruz back to third and release Uribe (he contributes more to the Giants wearing a Dodgers uniform then he would in a Giants uniform.....really), and let him continue his growth process, plus give the Dodgers a little more speed (none of thos guys are exactly rabbits), which may help them score a few runs.
Nobody's panicking, and it is a long season, but they should bring up Gordon to see if he can give them a little jolt.
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