The Marlins on Thursday acquired lately DFA’ed right-hander Shaun Anderson from the Rangers in trade for money, reviews Craig Mish of SportsGrid (X hyperlink)*. With the intention to open a spot on the 40-man roster, Miami designated right-hander Woo-Suk Go for project.
Anderson, 29, appeared in solely two video games with Texas, logging 3 1/3 innings and yielding a pair of runs on six hits and a stroll with three strikeouts. This marks the fifth MLB season wherein he’s seen motion on the recreation’s prime degree. Anderson has beforehand suited up for the Giants, Twins, Orioles, Padres and Blue Jays — along with a previous run within the Rangers’ minor league ranks. He’s pitched 139 massive league innings however struggled to a 5.83 earned run common in that point. He’s intrigued a number of groups over time thanks largely to a high-spin slider that has the potential to be a real bat-missing providing, however the remainder of his arsenal hasn’t helped him attain satisfactory outcomes.
Anderson break up the 2023 season between the Phillies’ Triple-A membership and the Korea Baseball Group’s Kia Tigers, making 14 begins for the latter. Throughout that temporary KBO run, he notched a good 3.76 ERA with a 19% strikeout price, 7.7% stroll price and 61.7% ground-ball price (although ground-ball charges within the KBO at all times are typically increased than in MLB, it ought to be famous). Anderson is in his closing minor league choice yr, so he may be despatched forwards and backwards between Miami and Triple-A Jacksonville freely with no need to cross via waivers.
Go, 25, was one of many prime relievers within the KBO lately and made his strategy to North American ball through the posting system this winter. The Padres signed him to a two-year, $4.5MM contract however virtually instantly lower bait on him, sending him to the Marlins as a monetary counterweight within the Luis Arraez commerce earlier within the month. He’s pitched nicely in Triple-A for the reason that commerce, logging 9 innings with a 3.00 ERA. Nevertheless, he’s fanned solely 8.3% of his opponents in opposition to a 5.6% stroll price.
Throughout his excellent run with the KBO’s LG Twins from 2019-23, Go posted a collective 2.39 ERA with 139 saves, a 30.2% strikeout price, a ten% stroll price and a ground-ball price north of 60%. He missed time in 2023 with a decrease again harm however nonetheless pitched 44 innings of three.68 ERA ball with a 31.1% strikeout price, 11.6% stroll price and large 65.8% grounder price.
Scouting reviews on Go had his fastball topping out at 98 mph within the KBO, however when he reported to spring coaching reviews out of Padres camp recommended he was within the 92-94 mph vary, topping out simply shy of 95 mph. Although the Friars had envisioned him as a possible entrant into their late-inning combine, the choice to as an alternative choice him (to Double-A) after which embrace him within the Arraez commerce suggests they rapidly grew to become much less enamored of him as soon as he joined the group. That the Marlins are actually jettisoning him from the 40-man roster suggests they’re equally unenthused in regards to the right-hander’s possibilities of contributing on the MLB degree.
Due to that $4.5MM contract, Go looks like a lock to clear waivers if he makes it there. Miami can have 5 days to discover commerce potentialities earlier than inserting him on waivers turns into a necessity. Waivers themselves would then be a 48-hour course of. If Go clears, he’d seemingly settle for an outright project to Jacksonville, permitting him to proceed gathering his wage whereas endeavoring to pitch his approach into the Marlins’ massive league bullpen plans.
*MLBTR initially mistakenly indicated the Marlins had formally introduced the commerce for Anderson and DFA of Go. The workforce had not executed so but on the time. We remorse the error.
