According to Craig Mish of the Miami Herald, the Marlins have designated shortstop Tim Anderson after acquiring him this past offseason. This comes a week after they recently DFA’d catcher Christian Bethancourt. Both struggled at the plate and were two of the Marlins’ four offseason acquisitions. This recent pair of DFAs highlights their failure to capitalize during the offseason and acquire valuable assets. The Marlins are currently 30-54 and have meager hopes of making the postseason. They failed to build upon a team that had made a playoff berth the year before and instead have traded away their all-star Luis Arraez, lost half their rotation due to injuries, and DFA’d their major offseason acquisitions.
Marlins have DFA’d Tim Anderson.
— Craig Mish (@CraigMish) July 2, 2024
Marlins DFA SS Tim Anderson
The Marlins signed shortstop Tim Anderson to a one-year deal this offseason. Anderson had spent the past seven seasons with the Chicago White. During his rookie season in 2016, he finished seventh in AL Rookie of the Year voting. He made the AL All-Star Team in 2021 and 2022 during his tenure with them. In addition, he is a former AL batting champion, which he won in 2019, and a Silver Slugger in 2020. In 2020, he also finished seventh in AL MVP voting. Following his all-star years, 2023 was one where he saw his worst numbers in home runs and RBI. Anderson had a .245/.286/.296 line with one home run and 25 RBI. The Marlins signed him hoping to see the shortstop bounce back from his past season and revert to his all-star self. Instead, his numbers just kept getting worse.
Tim Anderson finishes his #Marlins tenure with a slash line of .214/.237/.226, an OPS+ of 30, 9 RBI, 0 home runs, and 9 errors in 65 games played. Wishing TA nothing but the best moving forward.
As reported by @marlinsminors, Xavier Edwards will be the corresponding move.… pic.twitter.com/SsAM1MnN1y
— Nate Karzmer (@NateKarzmer) July 2, 2024
So far in 2024, Anderson is slashing .214/.237/.226 and has no home runs and only 9 RBI in 234 ABs. Not only did he struggle at the plate, but on the field, he made 9 errors in 65 games. Most recently, he made an error on a potential double-play against the Philadelphia Phillies that cost them two runs in a game the Marlins would lose by a score of 7-6. He will be on the waiver for 30 teams to claim. If he does not get claimed in seven days, the Marlins can either trade or release him. Anderson was once one of the best shortstops in the game; with the path he’s continuing on, it is unlikely we will ever see him in this way again.
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