I don't really care about Gordon one way or the other, really....my point (as you know) is that Farmer really has one role on this team, backup SS.
Martin could be the short side platoon at 2B (though I'd just play, you know, their best hitter that is healthy most of the time). He could also be the short side platoon in the OF.
They could have spent the Margot, Santana, Farmer money on a legit 1B or thrown the dice at a SP (not sure who, frankly). Or just pocketed it, that would have been better for the team at this point.
Why they refuse to trust the farm is beyond confusing. If they don't trust their farm, they really should fire themselves.....The seem to trust Lee, despite the tiny sample size....and of course he somehow managed to get hurt when both Lewis and CC are hurt (and we still have zero updates on his status, or Jenkins').