The Angels announced another minor league deal with Shaun Anderson. He’s back at Triple-A Salt Lake in a non-roster capacity.
Halos fans are familiar with the shuffle at this point. Anderson is out of options and needs to get through waivers every time the Angels want to send him back to Triple-A. They select his contract, keep him on the roster for a few days, then designate him for assignment. He clears waivers, elects free agency, then signs a new minor league deal.
They’ve done this six times over the past two seasons. It’s not unique to the Angels, as the Braves have done the same with Carlos Carrasco all year. Anderson is clearly on board with the arrangement since he continually re-signs. He has gotten into 16 MLB games over the past two seasons as a result, working 28 innings with a 7.71 earned run average.
Anderson’s big league work has come in long relief. He stayed stretched out as a starter in Triple-A last season but has been in more of a swing role this year, starting four of seven appearances. The 31-year-old righty has a 6.35 career ERA at the big league level and a 4.34 mark over eight Triple-A campaigns.
At least carrasco is serviceable. Putting anderson in a game is just a roundabout way of forfeiting.
I wish my wife loved me the way the Angels love Shaun Anderson
“Anderson is clearly on board with the arrangement since he continually re-signs.”
He probably doesn’t have much of a choice if the Angels are the only MLB team making him an offer.
This a a bad Saturday Night Live skit.
I’ve never seen a team so obsessed with a reliever with a 6 ERA
I’d rather bring in Hunter Strickland, Luis Garcia or Andrew Chafin over Shaun Anderson. Anderson is one of the worse relievers I’ve ever seen on the Angels (and that’s saying a lot).
He has pictures of Arte with a goat. That’s the only explanation. Or Perry. Ok, so one of these guys with a goat. I’m convinced.
They all have pictures with Ohtani
Being an angels fan is the best.
Where are they finding all these players who are finihsed like Anderson and Mancini. Thats crazy. Both were done yrs ago.
Trey Mancini is a story that any baseball fan can get behind.
You’re more of a fan of calling baseball players “payroll bandits” so I’m not surprised an internet warrior like you is too ignorant to know his situation
The Anderson-go-round continues
Sadly it’s not an E-Ticket ride