It didn’t take lengthy for the Los Angeles Dodgers to ink former Kansas Metropolis Royals reliever Nick Anderson to a minor league deal after he was designated for task on July 14.
The suitable-hander refused his minor league task and was launched 4 days later. With greater than 5 years of main league service, Anderson might decline any minor league assignments whereas retaining his $1.575 million wage.
Anderson had an ERA of 4.04 by 37 appearances with the Royals. It was his heaviest workload since his dominant rookie season in 2019. He was pushed out of the bullpen when Kansas Metropolis acquired Hunter Harvey from the Washington Nationals.
The reliever broke by with the Tampa Bay Rays and was as soon as an elite late-game weapon. He made three appearances in opposition to the Dodgers within the 2020 World Sequence for the Rays, permitting no less than one run in every recreation and blowing two saves.
Anderson missed a lot of the 2021 and 2022 seasons with elbow accidents. The Rays launched him after the 2022 marketing campaign and he signed with the Atlanta Braves forward of the 2023 marketing campaign.
Final season was respectable for Anderson, who turned in a 3.04 ERA whereas placing out greater than 1 / 4 of opponents throughout 35 appearances however a shoulder pressure ended his season across the All-Star break.
The 33-year-old ought to see some main league motion with the Dodgers sooner or later as a result of accidents throughout the pitching employees.
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