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Shaun Anderson Elects Free Agency

By Darragh McDonald | June 14, 2025 at 2:13pm CDT

TODAY: Anderson cleared waivers and elected free agency over an outright assignment to Triple-A, the Angels announced.

JUNE 13: The Angels announced today that they have selected the contract of infield prospect Christian Moore and recalled right-hander Sam Bachman. In corresponding moves, outfielder Matthew Lugo has been optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake and righty Shaun Anderson has been designated for assignment. MLBTR covered the Moore/Lugo swap yesterday. Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register reported today’s full slate of moves prior to the official club announcement.

Anderson, 30, has been on and off the Angels’ roster this year. He signed a minor league deal in the offseason and was called up in early May. He was designated for assignment later that month, cleared waivers, elected free agency, re-signed with the club and was added back to the roster a few days ago. Around those transactions, he has logged 10 2/3 innings over six appearances. He allowed nine earned runs on 16 hits, giving out three walks while striking out ten opponents.

Broadly speaking, Anderson has usually been able to put up decent Triple-A numbers that haven’t translated to the big leagues. He made his major league debut in 2019 and now has 162 2/3 innings under his belt with a 6.20 earned run average. In that same time frame, he has a 3.93 ERA in 307 Triple-A frames. He also spent a season in Korea and put up a 3.76 ERA there.

Since he’s out of options, he can’t be easily sent back down to the minors. The last time he lost his roster spot with the Halos, he cleared waivers and circled back to them, so it’s possible that same sequence will play out in the coming days.

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  1. HalosHeavenJJ

    4 weeks ago

    Much to the chagrin of opposing hitters.

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    • That name is already taken

      4 weeks ago

      How fast someone forgets his 2 Ks to Rushing and Ohtani to complete the sweep.

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      • HalosHeavenJJ

        4 weeks ago

        Those were cool. They also followed a long home run that blew the lead.

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  2. NavalHistorian

    4 weeks ago

    Nats drafted him out of HS in 2013, and he eventually became a 2nd round pick of the Red Sox in 2016. It’s not like most of the Nats pen is very good. They might as well put in a claim.

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  3. PattBurrellsLeftButtCheek

    4 weeks ago

    Traded for Lamonte Wade Jr, both DFA’d within a week.

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    • Pete'sView

      4 weeks ago

      LaMonte, however, the far more productive player for quite awhile. Shaun Anderson’s career is . . .underwhelming.

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      Reply
  4. tektmz

    4 weeks ago

    CALL UP BEN GAMEL YOU COWARDS

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    • Cardinals are good

      4 weeks ago

      Wtf no why he sucks Dookie burgers

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      Reply
    • Local

      4 weeks ago

      Why?

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  5. kellin

    4 weeks ago

    And here I thought we’d finally see Kingery get cut. Oh well.

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  6. Reynaldo's

    4 weeks ago

    is Sam Bachman a failed first rounder, like most of all other Angel picks?

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    • JoeBrady

      4 weeks ago

      One more guy that couldn’t AA, so they skipped AAA and promoted him to the pros.

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    • Rexhudler86

      4 weeks ago

      @reynaldo’s perry has only had four picks. Bachmann,neto,schanuel, and moore. Bachmann has been hurt with nagging injuries and hasn’t really pitch a full season.

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      • kellin

        4 weeks ago

        For reference, last 11 first drafts for Angels (none in 2012 or 13)

        2024 – Christian Moore
        2023 – Nolan Schanuel (OPS+ 118 in 2025)
        2022 – Zach Neto (OPS+ 127)
        2021 – Sam Bachman (ERA+ 143 /FIP 3.73 in 2023 – been mostly hurt)
        2020 – Reid Detmers (ERA+ 80/FIP 2.77)
        2019 – Will Wilson (now with Cleveland, mostly minors)
        2018 – Jordyn Adams (now with Baltimore, mostly minors)
        2017 – Jo Adell (OPS+ 113)
        2016 – Matt Thaiss (now with Tampa, OPS+ 95)
        2015 – Taylor Ward (OPS+ 101)
        2014 – Sean Newcomb (now with Athletics, ERA+ 111, FIP 3.32)

        Mixed bag, but some decent baseball players in that mix. Is the requirement for a successful first rounder a “rock star” or just performing well in the majors?

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    • orange2001

      4 weeks ago

      @Reynaldo – Jury is still out on Bachman but clearly he’s behind schedule due to injuries. I remember experts at the time stating that Bachman would be better suited as a reliever than a starting pitcher, so the Angels rolled the dice on him.

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