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ethan 3
those of you who haven’t watched any Korea games or archives in the world baseball classic won’t know what I’m talking about maybe. But, he reminds me of a byung-hun min from their team only Anderson to the shortstop not a leftfielder but I think offence of statistics might be the same if any of you know about this player or have seen the Korea games you can tell me if I’m wrong
ethan 3
I only know about him because I seen some of their games on MLB.com.
ASapsFables
It should be noted that Tim Anderson is a late bloomer when it comes to his baseball pedigree. He was a star basketball player in high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where he led his team to a state championship. Anderson didn’t even begin playing high school ball until his junior season but was a quick study as an outfielder and infielder before he graduated.
Anderson only received a single baseball scholarship, to a junior college in Mississippi. He had a decent enough freshman season but was on no MLB organizations radar, failing to be selected in the 2012 June Rule 4 draft. That changed following a stellar sophomore season, after which the White Sox made him their first round selection, the 17th overall pick in the 2013 draft.
The fact that Anderson rose so quickly through the White Sox minor league system with his limited experience as a baseball player is a testament to his ability and athleticism. He might also prove to be one of the few elite amateur multi-sport athletes selected in the Kenny Williams era who actually succeeds as a MLB player.
Priggs89
Smart move. The kid can play.
They should try to lock up Rodon long term as well, however unlikely that may be with Boras as his agent. Worth a shot though.
ASapsFables
That philosophy worked well with Chris Sale, Jose Quintana and Adam Eaton, ironically giving each of them added trade value as the White Sox now undertake a long overdue rebuild. The difference with each of those players is that they had established a little longer resume of MLB success and were closer to their first year of arbitration eligibility than where Tim Anderson is presently.
lesterdnightfly
He certainly has promise, but those .306 OBP and 9:1 K:BB ratio are yellow flags. All the same, it would be refreshing for the WS to lock in a young starting SS.
Going to be a long season on the South Side.
Priggs89
I think the fact that he put up a really solid overall rookie season despite a .306 OBP and 9:1 K:BB ratio shows just how high his floor actually is. I’d imagine those numbers will improve over time, but even if they don’t, he’s still a valuable young asset. And assuming he does take that next step in improving on those numbers, he’ll become extremely valuable for the Sox.
Just taking last year as a small sample – he hit .276/.284/.417 with only 2 walks (57:2 K:BB lol) in his first two months in the bigs (44 starts), and then he followed that up with a slash of .289/.325/.445 with 11 walks (about 6:1 K:BB) in his final two months (54 starts). Hopefully he can continue to improve on those second half-ish numbers.
wsox05
He had a nice 2.4 fWAR in 99 games. I think his offensive numbers will tick up and I think he can be a .300/.340/.440 guy with 35ish 2B, 10-12 3B
wsox05
As well as around 15 HR
comebacktrail28
He has good power for being a little guy ….. Last year he hit some balls to Right Center that carried well
canocorn
TA looks like a worthy component of the Sox rebuild. I hope he’s still with us for future championship runs, unlike Starlin Castro with the cubs.
metseventually 2
This would be great for the CWS. Start locking the young guys up as early as possible.