Because Gordon is much, much better. Fowler was actually better this year from a fWAR perspective, and Gordon is older and will be more expensive. Presumably this would be with the eye on moving him to CF, which hurts his value further. Gordon is a fine player but giving a 32 year old a 5 year deal to try a more demanding position they have never played doesn't seem like this FO's style. Which is to say that I don't believe this rumor for a second. Sherman + no local reporting on it makes it pretty likely to be an Agent just dropping the name of a team that'll spend money. I love the idea of Schwarber, Gordon, and Soler in the OF. By June, they're just going to stand there and look at each other when a ball is hit to the gap and Addison is going to have to run all the way out to the wall to retrieve it like the kid brother in a sandlot league. Then they'll come to the plate and hit dong dong dong and all will be forgiven.