It is being reported over Twitter that Dodgers superstar prospect outfielder Yasiel Puig has been optioned to Double-A Chattanooga and shortstop Dee Gordon to Triple-A Albuquerque.

There was absolutely nothing more that Yasiel Puig could have done to break camp with the Dodgers and you can bet that Ned Colletti will be taking a lot of heat over this decision in the coming days and weeks – especially if Carl Crawford struggles even slightly.
(Photo credit – Jon SooHoo)

While this news shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, it is undoubted disappointing for Dodger fans everywhere.

In his team-leading 26 spring training games, Puig put up superhuman numbers collecting 30 hits in 56 at-bats (.526). He scored 16 runs, had 5 doubles, 2 triples and 3 home runs while knocking in 11 runs. His OBP, SLG and OPS were off the charts at .508, .842 and 1.351 respectively.

Gordon had an unimpressive spring with the Big club going 7 for 34 (.206) with 9 runs, no doubles, triples or home runs and only one RBI. He did managed to steal a team-high 7 bases – four more than Puig. Gordon clearly missed a golden opportunity to take over the starting shortstop position when Hanley Ramirez went down with a serious hand injury he suffered while playing in the WBC, but Dee’s low production numbers have all but guaranteed the starting shortstop job to Luis Cruz, who is tied with Alex Castellanos with a team-leading four home runs.

Gordon missed a huge opportunity to be the Dodgers opening day shortstop when Ramirez went down, but failed to take advantage of the situation. (Photo credit – Ron Cervenka)

I’m sure that much will be written over the next few days about the Puig and Gordon demotions, but it is what it is.