September 15: The Rangers introduced this morning that Anderson has cleared waivers and elected free company.
September 12: The Rangers on Thursday designated right-hander Chase Anderson for task, the staff introduced. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to prime pitching prospect Kumar Rocker, whose beforehand introduced promotion to the large leagues is now official. The Rangers have formally chosen Rocker’s contract, and he’ll begin tonight’s sport in opposition to Seattle.
Anderson, 36, spent the majority of the yr with the Crimson Sox however was reduce unfastened and signed a minor league pact with Texas in August. The Rangers chosen him to the large league roster on Aug. 31 and now stand because the ninth staff for which the journeyman Anderson has pitched within the majors. He appeared in solely two video games as a Ranger, pitching 6 1/3 innings and surrendering seven earned runs. In 52 innings with Boston, Anderson logged a 4.85 ERA.
Earlier in his profession with the D-backs and Brewers, Anderson was a stable mid-rotation starter. From 2014-19, he pitched 857 innings of three.94 ERA ball, putting out 20.2% of his opponents in opposition to a pointy 7.9% stroll fee. He’s by no means been a flamethrower, however Anderson was capable of miss sufficient bats, restrict walks and duck sufficient homers that he had a pleasant six-year stretch of high quality huge league innings.
Within the 5 seasons since that point, nevertheless, Anderson has frequently been hit laborious. He’s posted an ERA north of 5.00 annually since 2020, in the end combining for 250 1/3 innings with a flat 6.00 ERA. His velocity has been up and down alongside the way in which, and he’s seen each his strikeout and stroll charges development within the incorrect route — all whereas yielding greater ranges of laborious contact and considerably extra dwelling runs. He’s served as an economical innings eater in a number of stops alongside the way in which — Toronto, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Colorado — however hasn’t discovered sustained huge league success because the first six years of his profession.
Anderson might be launched or head to waivers now that he’s been designated and the commerce deadline is behind us. He’ll very seemingly clear outright waivers if the Rangers go that route, at which level he may reject in favor of free company proper now or settle for and wait till season’s finish to grow to be a minor league free agent.
