This shouldn’t be a huge surprise but it was finally made official yesterday. Everyone’s favorite to win the AL Rookie of the Year, Alex Gordon, will get the starting third base job without playing a single major league game. There’s no doubt that the kid is talented and just having him in there makes the team a little more likely to be noticed. In a lot of ways though, this is a no brainer and I just hope if he has a tough time out of the gate, Buddy Bell doesn’t ruin him like he did Justin Huber.