Two-time All-Star shortstop and former American League batting champion Tim Anderson could have hit all-time low on Tuesday.
Insider Craig Mish defined the Miami Marlins’ choice, saying that Anderson gave the impression to be an excellent teammate however struggled mightily on the sphere.
The 31-year-old was chosen by the Chicago White Sox with the seventeenth total decide within the 2013 MLB June Newbie Draft and made his big-league debut in June 2016. Anderson performed his first eight seasons with the South Siders, successful the 2019 AL batting title with a career-high .335 batting common.
He received a Silver Slugger Award in the course of the pandemic-shortened 2020 marketing campaign and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022.
Following a dismal 2023 season, Chicago let Anderson stroll into free company, declining their choice on the Tuscaloosa, Alabama native. Anderson completed final 12 months with a career-low one dwelling run, including solely 25 RBI and a brutal .245/.286/.296 slash line.
He additionally posted an unpleasant 122-to-26 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his 493 at-bats, overlaying 123 video games. Anderson missed three weeks in April attributable to damage and was later suspended six video games for his position in a brawl with the Cleveland Guardians.
He was supplied the beginning shortstop gig in South Seashore in late February and signed a one-year, $5M contract with the Marlins shortly thereafter.
Anderson completed his 65-game tenure with Miami with 0 dwelling runs, 9 RBI, three doubles, 4 stolen bases (and 4 instances caught stealing) and a .214/.237/.226 slash line over 234 at-bats.
