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Post by pd on Aug 3, 2024 15:51:40 GMT -5
Trade deadline casualty Chad Anderson gets a nice little write-up from the Athletic: How to be a deadline casualty, yet always in demandIt’s the butterfly effect of the big leagues: a tremor on the West Coast can knock you down back east. It’s so routine that we take it for granted.
So it was last weekend when the Boston Red Sox traded for James Paxton, who had been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Dodgers. To take Paxton’s roster spot, the Red Sox designated Chase Anderson, a veteran righty with a 4.85 ERA.
Anderson, 36, has been released five times, sold, waived and traded twice. His removal from the roster was not particularly noteworthy, but manager Alex Cora brought him up last Sunday when nobody asked.
“No doubt about it,” Cora said, “he will impact an organization.”
Cora was not suggesting that Anderson should retire; when folks told him late in his career that he’d be a good coach, Cora took that as a signal that the end was near. But he was happy to discuss the qualities that make people say that about a player, especially one as well-traveled as Anderson.
“There’s a reason teams keep picking them up,” Cora said. “They’re good big-league players, but then you get him in the clubhouse and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is more than just a player.’” “He puts the team in front of himself,” Cora said of Anderson. “He’s been on the mound in every position. Every situation that comes up for a player, he’s been a part of it. The way he talks in that room, I was like, ‘Man, he really gets it.’”www.nytimes.com/athletic/5674459/2024/08/02/marlins-trade-deadline-teoscar-hernandez-sliders/
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 3, 2024 15:56:08 GMT -5
Trade deadline casualty Chad Anderson gets a nice little write-up from the Athletic: How to be a deadline casualty, yet always in demandIt’s the butterfly effect of the big leagues: a tremor on the West Coast can knock you down back east. It’s so routine that we take it for granted.
So it was last weekend when the Boston Red Sox traded for James Paxton, who had been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Dodgers. To take Paxton’s roster spot, the Red Sox designated Chase Anderson, a veteran righty with a 4.85 ERA.
Anderson, 36, has been released five times, sold, waived and traded twice. His removal from the roster was not particularly noteworthy, but manager Alex Cora brought him up last Sunday when nobody asked.
“No doubt about it,” Cora said, “he will impact an organization.”
Cora was not suggesting that Anderson should retire; when folks told him late in his career that he’d be a good coach, Cora took that as a signal that the end was near. But he was happy to discuss the qualities that make people say that about a player, especially one as well-traveled as Anderson.
“There’s a reason teams keep picking them up,” Cora said. “They’re good big-league players, but then you get him in the clubhouse and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is more than just a player.’” “He puts the team in front of himself,” Cora said of Anderson. “He’s been on the mound in every position. Every situation that comes up for a player, he’s been a part of it. The way he talks in that room, I was like, ‘Man, he really gets it.’”www.nytimes.com/athletic/5674459/2024/08/02/marlins-trade-deadline-teoscar-hernandez-sliders/That’s about as good as it gets from a manager. Good for Anderson to be this type of teammate.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 2, 2024 10:25:23 GMT -5
Anyone catch this little blurb on the recent FanGraphs article? blogs.fangraphs.com/i-hope-your-teams-big-deadline-acquisition-lasted-more-than-30-days/At the very end, last paragraph The point, I suppose, is avoiding what happened to the Red Sox. In the month of July, Boston sent out seven players in trades to acquire four pitchers — James Paxton, Trey Wingenter, Lucas Sims, and Luis Garcia — none of whom are available to Alex Cora as of August 30. Maybe this is another situation in which the most expensive option is the best one, and those who try to cut corners could end up with nothing.
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