The Marlins on Thursday acquired just lately DFA’ed right-hander Shaun Anderson from the Rangers in alternate for money, studies Craig Mish of SportsGrid (X hyperlink)*. As a way to open a spot on the 40-man roster, Miami designated right-hander Woo-Suk Go for task.
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 through which 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 large league innings however struggled to a 5.83 earned run common in that point. He’s intrigued a number of groups through the years 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 cut 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 decent 3.76 ERA with a 19% strikeout charge, 7.7% stroll charge and 61.7% ground-ball charge (although ground-ball charges within the KBO all the time are usually greater than in MLB, it ought to be famous). Anderson is in his last minor league possibility yr, so he will be despatched forwards and backwards between Miami and Triple-A Jacksonville freely with no need to move by way of waivers.
Go, 25, was one of many prime relievers within the KBO lately and made his strategy to North American ball by way of the posting system this winter. The Padres signed him to a two-year, $4.5MM contract however nearly instantly minimize bait on him, sending him to the Marlins as a monetary counterweight within the Luis Arraez commerce earlier within the month. He’s pitched effectively 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 charge.
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 charge, a ten% stroll charge and a ground-ball charge 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 charge, 11.6% stroll charge and large 65.8% grounder charge.
Scouting studies on Go had his fastball topping out at 98 mph within the KBO, however when he reported to spring coaching studies out of Padres camp steered 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 possibility him (to Double-A) after which embrace him within the Arraez commerce suggests they shortly turned 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 concerning 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 could have 5 days to discover commerce potentialities earlier than putting him on waivers turns into a necessity. Waivers themselves would then be a 48-hour course of. If Go clears, he’d probably settle for an outright task to Jacksonville, permitting him to proceed gathering his wage whereas endeavoring to pitch his means into the Marlins’ large league bullpen plans.
*MLBTR initially mistakenly indicated the Marlins had formally introduced the commerce for Anderson and DFA of Go. The crew had not carried out so but on the time. We remorse the error.
