Four years ago, when the Royals re-enlisted Alex Gordon with a four-year, $72-million deal, his seemingly improbable return made for a celebration. As it should have been.

Alex Gordon’s on-field resurgence at age 35 certainly has him thinking that he’s got more baseball left in him after this season, but his ability to play may not be the ultimate deciding factor.

Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, the former first-round pick whose roller-coaster career took him from near bust to All-Star and Gold Glove winner, announced Thursday he will retire after the season.

Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon (4) is embraced by manager Ned Yost (3) as he receives his World Series ring before the game against the New York Mets at Kauffman Stadium on April 5, 2016.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, whose rollercoaster career took him from near bust to All-Star and Gold Glove winner, will retire after the season.

Alex Gordon spent his entire career with the Kansas City Royals after being selected 2nd overall in the 2005 MLB Draft. He joins the KC HOF.

Between 2013 and 2017, Kansas City had two stars named Alex at the helms of their respective teams. For the Chiefs, it was Alex Smith. For the Royals, it was Alex Gordon.

Gordon is Kansas City's best player on both sides of the ball. He has posted a .279 batting average, a .852 on-base-plus-slugging percentage and 11 home runs -- second on the team -- and played in ...

Gordon went into Monday night's game with a stellar .316/.398/.582 batting line. In fact, his early season hot streak extends back into last season -- Gordon hit .273/.343/.445 in his final 33 ...

Alex Gordon of Lincoln Southeast sits next to Laura Spanheimer of Omaha Marian. They were selected as The World-Herald's 2001 Nebraska high school boy and girl athletes of the year.

Those are not necessarily Royals moments so much as they are part of Kansas City history. So, too, are the photos of Gordon hoisting the trophy for the first time since Brett, the former poster ...

Alex Gordon told me to show up around 8 a.m. His workout, he said, would end around then. It was the winter following his breakthrough season in 2011, and Gordon was spending his mornings ...