The Marlins on Thursday acquired lately DFA’ed right-hander Shaun Anderson from the Rangers in trade for money, studies Craig Mish of SportsGrid (X hyperlink)*. With a purpose 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 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 huge 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 charge, 7.7% stroll charge and 61.7% ground-ball charge (although ground-ball charges within the KBO at all times are usually greater than in MLB, it needs to be famous). Anderson is in his closing minor league possibility yr, so he could be despatched forwards and backwards between Miami and Triple-A Jacksonville freely without having to move via waivers.
Go, 25, was one of many prime relievers within the KBO in recent times and made his method to North American ball by way of the posting system this winter. The Padres signed him to a two-year, $4.5MM contract however virtually 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. Nonetheless, he’s fanned solely 8.3% of his opponents towards 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 big 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 prompt 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 embody him within the Arraez commerce suggests they shortly grew to become much less enamored of him as soon as he joined the group. That the Marlins at the moment are 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 prospects 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 possible settle for an outright task to Jacksonville, permitting him to proceed amassing his wage whereas endeavoring to pitch his method into the Marlins’ huge 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.