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- Updated: April 29, 2016
MILWAUKEE — While the circumstances were unforeseen, manager Don Mattingly and the Marlins had prepared for how the club would proceed if Dee Gordon would be lost for an extended period of time.
Instead of an injury causing an absence, Gordon was suspended 80 games Thursday night for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy after testing positive for exogenous testosterone and Clostebol, both performance-enhancing drugs.
• Gordon suspended 80 games
The first crack at replacing Gordon went to Derek Dietrich, who started Friday’s series opener against the Brewers at second base.
“He is one of the guys we talked about before the season ever started,” Mattingly said of Dietrich. “We obviously didn’t look at it in this scenario. We were looking at whether there was any kind of injury to anyone, where does he fit. We’ve been working at second base all spring. It’s something we’ve been preparing for, but obviously not in this scenario.”
Dietrich has made 176 starts, including 101 at second base, over the past four seasons for the Marlins. The 26-year-old is a career .238 hitter with …
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