Marlins acquire Nick Gordon from Minnesota Twins

I made this post in another topic, but decided that here was the better thread for it.

Nick Gordon is... okay, I guess. He's one year removed from a decent season in 2022 (111 wRC+), showing surprising pop for a guy at his stature, and he's a capable defender in CF, though his arm leaves a bit to be desired. The thing I'm most concerned about is that he only walked once in 93 PA last year. That can't fly at the MLB level and that needs to change if he's going to stick in the lineup.

You could plug him as a second baseman, but Luis Arraez is there, and when Arraez is traded, Xavier Edwards is there too.

I'm just surprised they got anything out of Okert. He was a walking ticking time bomb last year.

It says something about how empty the offseason has been, when the best transaction the Marlins have made is one I have a lukewarm reception to.

We finally got a player who can hit his weight. Then again, he doesn't weigh that much.

I've been very critical of every FO move this off season. Primarily because publicity is so important regarding public opinion. Millions are spent to influence political opinion, yet this FO has done absolutely nothing to add team interest to the average fan. In fact, the opposite effect seems to be happening. 

I'm going to call out two major "IFs" that could greatly influence this year's performance and just might be within the club's plans.

!) IF our young infielder, Edwards, has improved his arm strength to the extent that he could be our regular short fielder, it would be a tremendous boon to seeing more men on the basepaths, especially men with speed. Seeing him lead off in front of Arraex would be a huge improvement over the top of our order last year. Our new manager did a marvelous job last year, especially with team morale. However, he did not utilize the speed of his essentially young team. I hope that will change. I also think that hitting Soler second was a horrible mistake. A player with that many HRs should have had more than 75 RBIs, or only 6 more than our leadoff hitter.

2) IF the FO has not acquired a substantial RH relief pitcher because they are counting on Meyer to fill that role, then these nobodies that have been recently featured are of little relevance. I am going to commit heresy here and say that in my opinion, relief pitchers are more important to this team than the starters. I think that fantastic winning percentage in one run wins proves my point.

Should these two daydreams come to fruition, this team will compete on a much higher level than by procuring some middle of the road power hitter with his multiple Ks tagging along.

Lastly, dumping Burdick was addition by subtraction. 

I had no idea that Okert had no trade value whatsoever.

Good points made by all.
I personally would like to see him be the SS
I just can't see 34 year old Berti being out there on a regular, especially when he is so good as a super sub

So many SS options with Bride, Brujan, Gordon, Edwards and Amaya, yet the club keeps making moves.

I'm a fan of the trade. Plenty of depth in the 'pen already and we're adding a contact hitter with a lot of upside. Still wish we had some power to replace Soler though. DLC and Jazz BOTH need 20-25 HR to make up the difference in my opinion. I'm hoping Gordon can get on base with Arraez to boost the RBI numbers.