The Marlins have placed third baseman Brian Anderson on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder subluxation, the team announced. They reinstated infielder Isan Diaz from the 10-day IL in a corresponding move.
This is the second IL placement of the year for Anderson, who went on the shelf on April 21 with a left oblique strain. Anderson missed about two weeks then, but this appears to be a much more significant injury. General manager Kim Ng told Craig Mish of SportsGrid and other reporters that Anderson will sit out several weeks this time.
A key member of the Marlins since he debuted in 2017, the 28-year-old Anderson had an unproductive April this season but bounced back this month before returning to the IL. Overall, Anderson has batted .250/.316/.371 with three home runs and a trio of stolen bases in 136 plate appearances, and he has been an asset at the hot corner with two Defensive Runs Saved and a 1.9 Ultimate Zone Rating.
Winners of three in a row, the Marlins sit 23-24 and just a game back in the wide-open National League East. They’ll now have to go for the foreseeable future without Anderson, which will leave third to Diaz and Jon Berti, Ng said (via Mish). The position’s uncharted territory for Diaz, who has never played there in the majors. Additionally, he and Berti have gotten off to poor starts at the plate this year.
They want to take a kid who so far has been a terrible hitter and a worse fielder and put him at a position he’s never played before and have him learn it at the Major League Level?
For the Marlins sake i hope Anderson has a speedy recovery
Rsox, I was going to post that about Diaz. Berti isn’t the answer, either. Losing Anderson is a big blow for the Marlins. Since being on an MLB team’s 26-man roster makes a player ineligible for the Olympic qualifying squad, I’m assuming Todd Frazier won’t get a call. Would it be worth trying to pry Charlie Culberson away from the Rangers?
Absolutely would be worth it. However, Culberson has seen the bulk of playing time at 3B for Texas so he may come at a price the Marlins aren’t necessarily willing to pay. Jace Peterson may be more realistic if they can claim on waivers or see if he elects free agency
How about matt carpenter? Just eat half his salary and send some orange trees this way, keep away the scurvy
Cardinals would have to eat 99.999% of that salary for the Marlins to take Carpenter
Ugh, not again!
If more of your players get hurt you’ll finally see what the Mets had to deal with
The Mets have set a record for most bad defensive players on the IL at the same time.
@Cey Hey
We’ve got to admit, the Mets defense has slightly improved since the injuries.
If you actually look at the numbers we had one of the best defenses in the MLB all year long. Much improvements from a lot of players such as Dom smith and Alonso. In fact the only bad defender was jd Davis
@MetsFan22
Sorry, but anyone with half a brain know that defensive stats are garbage.
Anyone with an ounce of baseball knowledge sees how bad the Mets defense is. But feel free to debate that all you want. The facts are that the Mets defense sucks. Improvements as a team is essentially improvement from a bottom position. Any idiot can see that the Mets defense isn’t on the level of the Marlins. Go ahead and debate that too if you want.
Villar is making some great plays on defense. Dom has been incredible when at 1b. Heck, even McCann was flashing the leather at 1b.
Outfield defense has been very good, especially the young kids. I’ve had more of an issue with big defensive shifts with runners on base giving up the entire opposite infield for run scoring singles.
Behind the plate, McCann has been throwing great, but very unimpressive defensively.
Lindor has made great plays and a few bad plays, but overall had been very good.
Regardless of the numbers, Alonso is not a good defensive 1B.
Okay, @Jim Stern, the problem is that Smith doesn’t play 1B for you unless Alonso is hurt or resting. In LF, Smith is lost, especially on routes and cuts. When the DH comes in next year, you can improve your defense by moving Dom to 1B permanently and Dave Kingman…I mean Pete Alonso to DH.
Thank you for saying the thing about the kids in the OF playing well. That supports my statement that the defense has played better since the injuries.
Villar is not good. He’s an improvement from Davis, but then again, nearly everyone in MLB is. And wait for it with Villar. All of his previous teams know what’s there. It looks good at first, but then he shows you why teams can’t wait to get rid of him afterward.
As for McCann, he’s an average catcher who capitalized on getting paid after a solid run. If you expect more than average play, you will be disappointed.
As for Lindor, he is truly the only good defensive player among the Mets regulars, but unfortunately can’t play all 9 positions by himself.
@MetsFan22 We experienced it last year….when we made the playoffs in 60 games…without any excuses…unlike the Mets this year through 41 games.
And if it happens to us again this year, we won’t make any excuses like we haven’t so far. We’re Marlins fans. We don’t make excuses. We’ll leave that up to you Mets fans.
It’s mostly just MetsFan22, not their entire fanbase, who takes whining to another stratosphere and it’s downright nauseating. I think of can say that on behalf of all us frequent commentors.
FWIW, Marlins put at least 18 on their Covid injury report (not including coaches/staff) in 2020 and still had to play games with basically replacement players considering there was no MiLB season to keep guys fresh. NYM have 17 now that deGrom is back. Marlins ended up going to the playoffs. I know you think the Mets have had it bad, but they had it worse and made the playoffs. NYM acquired injury-prone players (Taijuan Walker, Carrasco, etc.) and are complaining about injuries.
Rojas to 3rd, Jazz to SS, Diaz to 2nd. Keep Berti off the field
I was surprised to see how many 30 something veterans are starting for MIA. I just assumed they were a very young team.
Welcome to the IL East where the winner just might be the last standing survivor.