The Rangers are set to pick the contract of right-hander Chase Anderson, in accordance with a report from Robert Murray of FanSided this afternoon. Anderson will must be added to the membership’s 40-man roster, although a corresponding 40-man transfer won’t be mandatory after the membership misplaced outfielder Robbie Grossman to the Royals on waivers earlier at the moment. A corresponding lively roster transfer will nonetheless be mandatory regardless of the open house made by Grossman’s exit, nonetheless, because the Rangers have already got 13 pitchers on their lively roster.
Anderson, 36, is a veteran of 11 huge league seasons who will go well with up for his ninth huge league membership when he first dons a Rangers uniform. Most lately, the right-hander pitched for the Purple Sox earlier this 12 months after signing a giant league deal that assured him $1.25MM. He pitched primarily in a multi-inning reduction position with Boston and posted middling outcomes general with a 4.85 ERA that was 10% worse than common by ERA+ and an elevated 5.60 FIP in his 52 innings of labor. These lackluster outcomes have been accompanied by disappointing peripherals, as whereas Anderson averaged a career-best 93.8 mph on his fastball with the Purple Sox he nonetheless struck out simply 15.6% of batters confronted, a profession low for the righty.
These struggles in Boston didn’t cease the Rangers from signing him to a minor league deal earlier this month. The early returns on his time within the group haven’t been promising, nonetheless, as he’s been shelled to the tune of a 6.94 ERA in 11 2/3 innings of labor throughout 4 begins at Triple-A Spherical Rock up to now. Each Anderson and the Rangers are certainly hoping {that a} transfer again to the majors and away from the inflated offensive surroundings of the Pacific Coast League will do the righty some good. The Rangers stay with out Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom, and Tyler Mahle within the rotation, a actuality which has pressured the membership to depend on the likes of Cody Bradford, Andrew Heaney, and Jose Urena for begins this 12 months.
Although Urena lately rejoined the bullpen, that’s nonetheless left the membership comparatively skinny by way of succesful multi-inning arms of their reduction corps. That’s a void Anderson should not have any hassle filling, as he’s swung between the rotation and bullpen frequently as wanted since 2020 after spending the early a part of his profession as a prototypical back-end starter with the Diamondbacks and Brewers. The outcomes have left a lot to be desired over the previous half decade, however the veteran ought to be well-equipped to absorb innings for a Rangers membership that has no actual hope of defending its 2023 World Sequence championship within the postseason this 12 months as they navigate the stretch run.
