Nicknamed "Big Oak" in high school, Gordon was named the News-Gazette "All-Area performer" in 2016, his senior year.
[2] In his sophomore season at John A. Logan, Gordon went 9-2 and started all 12 of the games he appeared in, finishing with an ERA of 2.06 while recording 104 strikeouts and giving up 20 walks and 3 home runs in 70 innings pitched.
[6] In 2022, Gordon made 25 starts split between Rome and the Double–A Mississippi Braves, registering a 12–7 record and 4.64 ERA with 133 strikeouts over 120+1⁄3 innings of work.
Gordon began the 2023 campaign with Mississippi and was later promoted to the Triple–A Gwinnett Stripers, for whom he pitched to a 1–4 record and 8.28 ERA with 21 strikeouts over 6 games (5 starts).
[7] On July 24, 2023, Gordon and Victor Vodnik were traded to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Pierce Johnson.
[11] Gordon pitched a perfect first inning, which included striking out the first two batters he faced, Adam Frazier and Bobby Witt Jr.