1:40pm: The Marlins have made it official, announcing Anderson’s DFA and the recall of Edwards, with the latter starting at shortstop tonight.
10:48am: Edwards will indeed be recalled to take Anderson’s spot on the roster, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
10:28am: The Marlins have designated infielder Tim Anderson for assignment, reports Craig Mish of SportsGrid and the Miami Herald. The team has not yet formally announced the move.
Anderson, 31, was Miami’s lone major league signing in free agency this past offseason. He inked a one-year, $5MM contract on the heels of what was then a career-worst .245/.286/.296 showing in his final season with the White Sox — the only organization he’s ever known. Both Anderson and the Marlins envisioned a rebound of some extent — if not to the outstanding .318/.347/.473 slash he posted in 2019-22, then at least to the point where he’d reclaim his status as a viable regular in a big league infield.
Instead, Anderson’s production has dipped even further. He’s posted career-worst marks in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and strikeout rate — all while delivering the second-worst walk rate of his career. In 241 plate appearances, Anderson is batting .214/.237/.226 with no home runs, a 28.2% strikeout rate and a 2.9% walk rate. Of the 230 hitters this season who’ve tallied at least 200 plate appearances, none has a lower wRC+ than Anderson’s mark of 31 (which indicates he’s been 69% worse than league-average at the plate).
While the Marlins technically have as many as five days to trade Anderson, the overwhelming likelihood is that he’ll simply be released. A team isn’t going to claim the remainder of this season’s salary if he’s placed on waivers, and that contract plus Anderson’s play over the past two seasons renders him without any trade value. Once he’s cleared release waivers, he’ll be free to sign with any club on a minor league or big league deal. A new team would owe Anderson only the prorated league minimum for any days spent on the MLB roster or injured list. That sum would be subtracted from what Miami is required to pay out, but the Fish are on the hook for the majority of his salary regardless.
Anderson’s departure for the roster will clear playing time for younger hitters like Vidal Brujan and perhaps Xavier Edwards. Brujan, once one of the game’s top prospects in Tampa Bay, is hitting .238/.306/.343 in 157 plate appearances with Miami but has received sparse playing time. Edwards, another former Rays prospect, has spent the bulk of the season in Triple-A Jacksonville and is hitting .330/.376/.450 in 119 trips to the plate. It’s a small sample that’s buoyed by a huge .361 average on balls in play, but Edwards is making tons of contact (9.2% strikeout rate). His bat-to-ball skills and speed have long been his calling cards, and at this juncture there’s little reason for a team in Miami’s situation not to take a look at someone like Edwards and/or Brujan over Anderson.
He’ll be an Angel by this weekend.
Ben Cherington would never pull that trigger. Dream on, dreamer.
Hit the road Jack(ie) & don’t you come back no more, no more, no more….Ahahaha!
Dodgers will sign him and turn him around.
orange – You mean the Dodgers have a use for him? They’ve got nothing better to do, and they are bored?
Anyone with a pulse…
No one would give up a half-torn Adley Baseball card for Tim Anderson
He’s the worst. Horrible signing. We gave it to him in San Diego when he had 2 errors that cost them the game single-handedly.
178iq
Imagine thinking that
1) your IQ was 178
2) a baseball player can singlehandedly cost a team a game
Players in fact CAN single handedly win or lose games. Do I need to give you countless examples of how that is possible?
Jonny5
Try wnd give me one specific one, yes
Now, that’s just silly, Jonny5. THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN!
178iq
“He’s single-handedly lost no less than 3 games for the marlins with horrible fielding errors”
Present the dates of one of those games so I can prove you wrong
CBeisbull r u Jackie’s agent?
Still waiting, Jonny
178
Still waiting
Billy Buckner ‘86 World Series
D_M
Credit for at least trying unlike the others
However, no, he didn’t single handedly lose the game.
Not close
First, and most obviously, Bill Buckner is not Tim Andereon.
Beyond that, Shiraldi and Stanley gave up three hits and a wild pitch that contributed something to the loss.
Trim it to Adley (Stevenson) straight up and you have a deal.
He will be a former MLB player by this weekend when no one picks him up even for he major league minimum.
Not a bad call! But give up far less in bringing some possible fire to the lower part of the lineup or try him at lead-off and flip flop a few folks downward….
No one wants this guy.
I wouldn’t bet on it, but David might.
Guy got punched in the face and forgot how to play baseball.
He had already forgotten before the TKO.
Man, this guy has had a few hard years and I hope he gest it together. He has swagger and baseball is better when hes good.
He’s burnt. He’ll never get another chance
Nope. Cheated on his wife and knocked up the side piece. He’s not a good dude.
@Bigballs, just checked it out about his cheating. Not a good person at all. Sickening
TKO?
Sucked punched from a player bending over looking at his shoes. No look haymaker it was called. Rameriz could have punched one of his own players if they wasnt paying attention. Nobody every mentions the fact that Anderson got the punch in 1st that made Rameriz look at his shoes. It’s all good though, just thought I’d clear that up because most people here never seen the entire brawl only that highlight of Anderson getting punched. Ramirez was just waling hoping he hit someone. Try watching the entire fight
DDS
“Try watching the entire fight”
Nah
Can’t think of much that’s a less productive use of my time than watching a baseball fight
Too bad, it was a legit fight. I’ve seen a whole lot of fights where it was more interesting to grab a beer, but these two guys both had boxing stances.
“Can’t think of much that’s a less productive use of my time than watching a baseball fight”
Found Robin Ventura’s burner account
For those of us that arent blind, we can see Jose being restrained by Kopesch…
I watched it. Anderson threw 2-3 punches, landed none, and then Ramirez dropped him.
The strangest thing was Anderson squaring up like he was a southpaw.
Lol does it really matter? How old are you, 12?
Anderson is a complete d-bag
driftwood
Adios
Also let’s not forget the self-proclaimed “I’m the Jackie Robinson of today’s game” and subsequent dust up with Donaldson.
Ouch. Man that went fast for him.
He’s made over 40 million dollars in his career. I believe some guys when they get to FU money, they lose their competitive edge. Anderson is only 31. Maybe he’ll turn it around, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Something is going on with this guy. He looked like he had fun playing BB with the Sox, then never seemed to be happy last year and his all-around game suffered. Same thing this season. He’s fallen a long way for some reason. Sad to see.
It was reported that there were issues at home including a baby with a woman who was not his wife.
Oldguy: I heard rumors about that. While it seems fairly common in the sports world, I can’t imagine his wife giving him a pass on this one.
Cheated on the wife. Personal and mental issues
Pure speculation but LaRussa being the fun police didn’t help.
njbirdsfan, Turns out LaRussa wasn’t the problem.
Yeah, I’m not so sure.
Look at what happened to Yermin Mercedes. The guy was raking until he got called out for daring to hit a home run in a blowout.
I don’t know. It could be a combination of things. But he was a grade A fill in the expletive of your choice.
He was a career minor leaguer who had like 3 hot weeks early in the season. Every year there are guys like him. Trying to act like his career was “ruined” because he got yelled at for being an idiot in a blowout had nothing to do with it.
He wasn’t exactly the solution either.
I don’t agree what LaRussa said about Mercedes, but I highly doubt the difference between Mercedes continuing to hit at the rate he did in April and early May of that year (or even good at all) vs falling off dramatically were a few choice words from LaRussa. There’s probably a reason he didn’t get extended playing time until he was 28, has yet to get another shot since, and I doubt it’s soley because of LaRussa.
Whatever dude.
Let’s all keep defending the guy with multiple DUIs.
But the players are all punks.
Gee, I wonder why that is?
One, nobody said LaRussa isn’t a good guy. Two, nobody called Mercedes a punk. LaRussa isn’t a good guy and was way past his prime when he came in to manage the White Sox. Probably one of the worst managerial tenures in recent baseball history. But pinning all the blame of a career minor leaguer not sustaining a month and a quarter of success on LaRussa is a bit overboard. Why isn’t part of the blame toward the hittng coach for not helping Mercedes adjust and adapt once pitchers figured him out?
You need to get a grip. You are reading stuff that is not there. That’s not a good sign.
@Canuk LaRussa certiantly didn’t help and his commnts were stupid. But if he doesn’t say what he said, things probably don’t change. It’s not like Mercedes wasn’t already falling off. In th 50 plate appearances prior to the homer against Minnesota, Mercedes was only hitting .244/.306/.311
Tony LaRussa needed to go, regardless of what he told Mercedes. Tony was just checked out for some games, and he got really snappy at even the slightest suggestion for any of his in-game decisions. He’s always been like that, but he only got worse.
Right, its always the fault of the HOF manager with rings for days rather than the short run middle infielder with a glass jaw,
AA Cardinals,
Tony LaRussa was a fantastic manager for your Cardinals, but with the White Sox, the man became indifferent and bitter. His press conferences were a clear sign that he did not care anymore. Not disrespecting him and his body of work, just pointing out his time with the White Sox was not a great experience.
“LaRussa being the fun police”…That’s a real reach, bro. I suppose you think LaRussa is also behind “Jackie” being knocked out by one of the nicest guys in MLB, Jose Ramirez. 95% of “Jackie’s” problems reside between his ears.
TA played well under Drinky Tony. He fell apart under Grifol.
La Russa always had an air of arrogance around him but it got a lot worse here with the Angels where he was a front office assistant before heading to the White Sox.
When he got his DUI here he pulled the “do you know who I am” card on the cop and was reportedly belligerent.
I was surprised when Chicago handed him the job of guiding a pretty young team.
njbirdsfan: larussa was definitely the problem, and not just with Mercedes. He sent Mercedes to the minors. Mercedes was devastated (commonplace in the larussa era). He was going to quit bb until tony gave him a call and convinced him to stay. Not only is larussa a demoralized, he’s also a liar
He was personal friends with the owner. Jerry always wanted to make up for having fired Tony the first time around.
njbirdsfan, Well considering they’re worse than they were with him at the helm, it’s hard to pin the blame on LaRussa, regardless of how drunk he was. Plus you provided one terrible example of a player who had 15 minutes of fame. I’m not a LaRussa fan, but clearly there needs to be a major overall in Chicago.
You should watch more baseball
LaRussa also volunteers and fundraises for an animal rescue, so he’s not all bad. But I tend to guess he was smart enough to figure out Mark was juicing.
His power and hitting evaporated quickly, but some team has got to think they have a cure
Marlins got a “cure”, albeit cost them 6m in the end to rid themselves of it.
Dodgers here he comes. Smh.
Next stop: The Savannah Bananas’s.
Without a doubt, Anderson will go down as one of the Marlins of all time.
“One of the Marlins of all time”…That made me spill my coffee laughing, bro. Thanks a lot. Lol.
I agree he fits this meme perfectly
Marlins players of all time:
Mike piazza
New induction Tim Anderson
Who else
Jose Reyes
I forgot Johnny cueto
Yunel Escobar
“One of the tattoo artists in the city”
Don’t you mean one of the best tattoo artists in the city?
“Whatever, stay in your lane bro.”
Worst player in baseball in back-to-back years.
Great player and even better guy off the field. He’ll be missed around the league
Are we thinking of the same Tim Anderson. This Tim Anderson is a punk and was so divisive in the clubhouse the White Sox couldn’t wait for him to leave. There is no doubt in Chicago that when Tony LaRussa was awake in the dugout those two could not stand each other.
His wife and all of his girlfriends hate him too!
Should have taken some Nugenix.
Anderson may have his issues, but I wouldn’t take LaRussa’s side in a lot of this kind of thing either…
Oldguy58, Pretty sure it was sarcasm given the name of the OP
I need to start ending my sarcastic posts with /s. It just doesn’t usually land on this site
Lol I noticed that too… People cannot use context clues like your name.
He should attend the Jose Ramirez school of hitting. 🙂
And Boxing!!!
You mean the one when looking at his shoes after Anderson hit him 1st, before throwing a Haymarker & yes while looking straight down at his shoes. Another one that never seen the whole fight
Found Anderson’s burner account
I’ll say this: When you put your fists up in a fighting position, you are a fool if you get blindsided by a punch. So either TA is a punk wuss, or a fool that puts his fists up and doesn’t expect any punches thrown. Take your pick.
When you put your fists up in a fighting position, you are a fool if you get blindsided by a punch.
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I agree 100%. It was like when Bautista came up dancing and pulled all the way back for a haymaker, and Odor just threw a better punch.
Anderson started it, and Ramirez finished it. It doesn’t get more straightforward. They both had their hands up.
@ deep down
Maybe they saw it once back then, and didn’t find it as memorable as you did.
Might be better time to retire, use the 5 mils to open a business.
Wow, guy fell off a cliff. wRC+ of 31? Time for him to start fresh in the minors again. Otherwise, retire and move on with your riches.
Anderson has made $42 mill from baseball. Unless he’s wasted it all, he’s set for life. So we’ll see if he wants to keep playing.
Wife takes half, and GF and kid take half of what’s left.
Down goes Anderson!, Down goes Anderson!
Jose Ramirez got him with a right hook!
Another idiot that never saw Anderson tag him 1st because truthfully Rameriz was tagged by Anderson 1st and was looking at his own feet when the threw his no’ look haymaker, but bigger thing here is Anderson made $40 plus million while you changing ties at the corner tire mart.
Who cares if he hit him first, dude got knocked TF out.
Give it up. Anderson got dropped. Everyone saw it.
DeepDownSouth, found Tim Anderson’s account! You’re silly if you think you won that fight
Class act. Unlike Josh donaldson
???
I’m still waiting for Liberalsteve to say anything that remotely make sense on here. The steak continues.
@LiberalMoonbat U Dumb
The sustainability of his style of hitting was always questionable, but it was fun to watch when he was on.
His homer at the Field of Dreams will go down undoubtedly as the most memorable play of his career.
Love it! What a legend……In his own mind
A bunch of, presumably, baseball fans here who seem to delight in a player’s struggles
Pathetic
Dude you are an idiota.. adios to you and Jackie
Who cares, it’s funny
JRam
Not the kind of person likely to say anything that I find interesting
Adios
Adios amigo! Hardly knew you
CBeisbol
The only person I see trolling is you. When did you become the morality police?
Adios, troll
Sure. I wouldn’t delight in it, but there are some players that people love and some that people hate. It’s just like the real world. If someone that you hate at your job gets fired, you won’t be particularly remorseful.
JB
Pathetic
Why? Is there some unwritten rule that I need to feel bad for bad people? I reserve my sympathy for more sympathetic individuals. If you are going to feel the same level of sympathy for everyone, doesn’t that cheapen the sympathy for those truly deserving of it?
I would also suggest that treating everyone the same does nothing to motivate better behavior.
JB
“sympathetic individuals. If you are going to feel the same level of sympathy for everyone, doesn’t that cheapen the sympathy for those truly deserving of it?”
Oof
What if, though, there’s something between feeling bad for someone and making rude comments on the internet?
I don’t mind you feeling bad about Anderson. But he doesn’t seem like a very likeable guy. That’s the way it goes. I’ve seen it all. I can’t keep track of some of the punks in the neighborhood. I don’t want to see anyone seriously hurt, but to be honest, some of these kids were better off when someone beat the crap out of them.
JB
Then someone has to beat the crap out of the punks who beat the crap out of the punks. Then someone has to beat the crap out of the punks who beat the crap out of the punks who beat the crap out of the punks. Then….the whole neighborhood is full of crap
No, they don’t. Sometimes the punks just ran into the wrong person or people. The pizza parlor kids sent one of the locals to the hospital. His friends would gather at the bar 2-3 times a week, then charge down to the pizza parlor for a brawl.
There won’t be a single person ever that will miss the pizza parlor kids.
Or this other guy Joey. Pretty tough guy, but ran into someone that was in the Golden Gloves. Nobody rooted for Joey. It’s called karma.
CBeisbol
Adios, troll
Well said, especially the ones drawing unemployment & food stamps
Outside his personal problems, Leg injuries have sapped him of all his power and speed.
His game always had flaws but before the injuries he was always able to cover for his deficiencies with his incredible athleticism.
Without that athleticism there’s not enough there to keep him in the league it seems
That’s one infielder I am sure the Reds won’t try to collect.
I think Tim is going to have to take a minor league deal at this point. His numbers this year are even worse than last year.
San Diego is always looking for someone that’s not really a SS.
I’m not sure if there will be a taker on a minor league deal. He lost his power, no longer hits for average or plays a good defensive SS. The chances of him returning to form at this point are slim to none. He doesn’t seem like a mentor type either. At this point, he’d be more of a distraction and would take away AB’s from someone who may have a future.
I concur. This is indeed a tidy piece of business.
CBeisbol is really taking this personally and calling several people out. Tim Anderson must be his dad or something.
Just mute him… I already have. Great decision
The only reason I haven’t is because I wanna see how far the cb rabbit hole of idiocracy goes
Lololol
I find these online meltdowns fascinating. It’s almost a parody of the advertisements with the old ladies unfriending each other.
Norby for Scott?
Marlins could use an infielder worth a damn. Orioles could use a reliever worth a damn.
Works for me.
Um, but if you’re looking for a reliever that’s worth a damn from the Marlins, I apologize in advance. But we’re happy to give you Scott.
Down goes Anderson
Hopes he likes Mexican.
One home run last season, none this season, and only three doubles in 2024. No longer a .300 hitter, no longer stealing bases, and has never been a good shortstop. Anderson has zero value right now in MLB, but I’m sure some team will still take a flyer on him, either this season or in Spring Training 2025. The question is if Anderson is willing to sign and play in the minors while he tries to figure out how to be a productive player again…
X, a former Padres prospect first. Good luck X Man.
For whatever reason, analysts didn’t see this coming. For me, it was a road train in Australia carrying 10 mobile homes with an old 2 stroke diesel screaming.
martas
Right
A desperate sign from the beginning; this Peter Bendix administration has been a joke so far. Just become someone operated on the Rays doesn’t mean they are competent.
Watch. The Dodgers pick him up and he hits .300 again.
Minor league deal at best next or an independent league.
On another note, Rumor has it Tony Larussa is running the white Sox remotely.
Dodgers need a SS but are they this desperate?
The one they have is performing very well these days. Probably not long term answer but getting more than they had hoped for (or could have expected) out of him.
To sign him to a minor league deal if they think they see something they can fix? That’s not desperate at all
Jackie’s not even an upgrade to Miguel Rojas….
He’s worth a flyer for a team that has SS issues. Time will tell if he is defined as a clubhouse cancer if no one takes a chance on him.
In his defense, how can you possibly be motivated when you’ve played with two terrible organizations who are continually at the bottom of their leagues and at the bottom in attendance? His change of scenery was just a different city with the same losing environment . He’s probably happy to get out of there.
His motivation should have been to get paid. He was basically a year away from a pretty sizeable payday if he could have maintained his production.
And his falling off a cliff was not an insignificant factor in the White Sox falling off a cliff as well.
Slider – your point about the franchise situation notwithstanding, the answer is simple: (1) professional getting paid lots of money to play a game or (2) a l professional athlete with an j term Al competitive fire to excel.
Mike Tomlin was quoted once regarding professional football players needing to be motivated – paraphrasing here but something like: “if I have to motivate them, they won’t be here long.”
I don’t think you need to be motivated to hit. Maybe not to run into a wall, but everyone loves to hit.
JB
I hated hitting.
Didn’t really like pitching.
I just liked catching the ball
Proving what most of us already knew. ’23 wasn’t a fluke. Jackie’s toast.
Jackie is what made Josh Donaldson lose his legacy
LIBL
Adios
BACK TO THE WHITE SOX LETS GO
Jose Ramirez knocked this clown right out of the league.
GoBB
Adios, clown
Golly. He was one of the best.
CBeisbol what are you going to do now that the Marlins have cut ties with you? Are you going to try to sign with another team or take a little time off? I definitely don’t advise transitioning to the UFC….
Y4l
How pathetic of a person do you have to be to think your inability to just not be a jerk to someone who isn’t you is an insult to me?
Anyway, adios
Ban me too while you’re on your weird power trip.
15.0 WAR; 42.5 mil earnings (so far); 98 hr; 2 x AS; silver slugger; batting title – what the heck, not a bad career.
Yeah, a young cocky kid made some stupid comments to the public instead of keeping his thoughts inside but he hasn’t been a slouch overall – except last 18 or months.
Raise your hand if you didn’t say or do something dumb before you turned 25!
I’m not a WS fan or a TA fan – just trying to bring these over the top comments into perspective.
Thanks for that Tim, I mean Jackie, I mean Longtime.
“Raise your hand if you didn’t say or do something dumb before you turned 25!”
Sure I did. But I never compared myself to an icon.
Let – fair enough but do you want to share your top 10 dumbest things so the group can decide which is worse?
And yes, his comment was bonafide bonehead so no, I’m neither condoning nor defending.
Sometimes more than 1 statement can be true at the same time.
It’s not his only issue. I’m not sure he deals well with anger. A couple of fights in the pros, the issue with his wife and outside girlfriend.
I just hope the Dodgers don’t waste a roster space with this guy. They have enough dead weight as is.
This action is not a surprise.
Next…trade Scott to some sucker…I mean…um…trade partner.
How did he go so bad seemingly overnight two years ago? Same with Javy Baez? I don’t think it’s injury. I think it’s mental health that led to a loss of confidence that ruined their careers. Anderson is never playing again after this. Baez robbed Detroit for that huge contract but I don’t expect to see him play again either.
TA has some personal problems that he cannot seem to separate from. My amateur guess is that his wife is going to get half of his goods, so maybe this is impacting his motivation to earn more money.
Cleveland should pick him up so that Jose would have a sparring partner!
Offer Josh Donaldson a contract too, set up some video cameras, and we got ourselves a Netflix series.
It seems that Anderson has forgotten how to play baseball…..
Or he hasn’t been taking his vitamins….
Either way….Ross Atkins calling….
It’s truly baffling to see how far he’s fallen off over the past two seasons. If he can’t find a minor league deal to his liking, perhaps a stint overseas in the NPB or KBO is in the cards.
That’s what I was thinking. Try to pick up with an Asian team for ‘25, but he’ll basically have one year to turn it around in hopes of returning to MLB. If that doesn’t work, then it’s Endsville.
That influencer sucked all the power out of him
And just like that, the man that declared himself this generation’s Jackie Robinson is gone with the wind.
Took them so dang long. Guy is terrible one both sides of the ball. Worst everyday player not name Maldanado.
Pretty spectacular collapse considering his age. He’s been done since 29. Still only 31. I didn’t expect him to age well, but I also didn’t expect him to drive off a cliff either.
Honestly, the marlins were the perfect team for him to be on and I truly dont see a good fit for him. I watched him in person play against the Braves and it was like watching an unmotivated slob sad to be on a mlb field. I know the marlins can do that to a guy, but lord, he was so good not so long ago. Curious what environment can spark that fire in him. A contender on the bench? Is he too much in his own head to be a bench guy for a team?
Bo should make a note on the fragility of a career. one day you’re turning down multi year overtures and the next thing you know, you’re a DFA item on MLBTR.
Good comparison. Free swingers don’t age well these days. Puig and Javy Baez are recent examples. You can get away with going up to the plate and hacking at anything close for so long. Once the analysts peg you, and you make no adjustments, it’s over. It may already be over for Bichette, but we’ll find out soon enough.
Used to be Jackie Robinson. Turned into Jackie Bradley. Oh well, couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
TA was never as good as he thought he was.
Those high K/W guys seldom survive. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone with a .399. ..383, and .372 BABIP over three consecutive seasons.
There’s about 800 more deserving players of a roster spot than Tim Anderson.
Down Goes Anderson!
Please Dodgers stay away frm this move, rather have incompetent Biggio. Anderson’s done, he fell off a cliff performance wise. Sum dudes hit a wall hard w/alota miles on those bodies.
Niekro
I’m sure the Dodger F/O is grateful for your advice. This is really the F/O’s weakness – picking up guys off the scrapheap and straightening them out. Random dude from the internet certainly knows better
Cbeisbol……… you are an idiota… please go away … adios
Not a White Sox fan, but enjoyed him in his prime. Seems like he needs a break, in the time away and the right situation meanings of that word, so maybe he goes to KBO or a Japanese team and turns it around. Then he comes back, signs for the minimum with the Rangers (or your favorite team) and is a feel good story.
Could very well be cooked though as it’s been just painful to watch for last couple of years. Here’s to the positive outcome though.
Abreu, Anderson and Cueto are all available, and the Sox could easily find slots for them for the balance of the year. Could they be any worse than the players the Sox already have? How much does it matter if the Sox lose 110 or 120 games? For sure these 3 additions would boost attendance, especially if the team sells off anybody of value in July.
A sad day for Jackie, I mean Tim