11:02am: Anderson will certainly bear Tommy John surgical procedure, Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN report (through Twitter). He’ll miss the rest of the 2023 season.
As a result of Anderson was identified with the harm after being optioned and making a begin with Gwinnett, he’ll presumably head to the minor league injured listing for now. Nevertheless, if the Braves have to open a 40-man roster spot at any level, he may be recalled from Gwinnett and positioned on the Main League 60-day IL.
That transfer, nonetheless, would entitle Anderson to huge league service time. He began the 12 months with two years and 46 days of MLB service, so if he spends 126 days or extra on the MLB injured listing, he’ll surpass three years of Main League service time, pushing up his path to free company. If he spends fewer than 126 days on the massive league injured listing, he’d stay underneath membership management for a further 4 seasons.
10:56am: The Braves positioned Ian Anderson on the minor league injured listing resulting from an elbow subject final week, and whereas the staff hasn’t formally introduced a analysis or remedy plan, MLB.com’s Mark Bowman tweets that Tommy John surgical procedure is a risk for the right-hander. That’d after all level to a ligament subject for Anderson, although the extent and placement of any harm would affect the eventual course of remedy.
Whatever the final result, if surgical procedure is certainly a consideration, that’s indicative of an absence of word for Anderson, a former No. 3 total choose (2016) and Rookie of the Yr candidate who has fallen out of Atlanta’s rotation image within the wake of some 2022 struggles. Anderson, nonetheless simply 24 years outdated, broke out with a mixed 3.25 ERA in 160 2/3 innings between the 2020-21 seasons, grabbing maintain of a rotation spot in Atlanta and staking a declare to a long-term place on the beginning workers.
The 2022 season, nonetheless, marked a step again in nearly each aspect of Anderson’s sport. The righty was tagged for an ugly 5.00 ERA in 111 2/3 innings as his fastball velocity, strikeout charge, stroll charge, ground-ball charge, exit velocity and hard-hit charge all trended in unfavorable instructions. Anderson was additionally tagged for 13 earned runs in 21 2/3 Triple-A innings final season, and he adopted a rocky 2023 spring coaching (5 earned runs on 5 hits and eight walks in 7 1/3 innings) with a disastrous first outing with Triple-A Gwinnett. In his lone look of the 2023 season there, Anderson confronted 9 batters and yielded three house runs and two walks whereas additionally being charged with a pair of untamed pitches.
If Anderson certainly wants surgical procedure — be Tommy John surgical procedure, an inside brace or every other kind of elbow process — that’ll present the Braves with a notable blow to their rotation depth. Atlanta has been with out Kyle Wright up to now, although he’s slated to make his season debut right now. Ace Max Fried is presently on the injured listing owing to a hamstring pressure. Charlie Morton and Spencer Strider have two beginning spots spoken for, and Bryce Elder has delivered a pair of sturdy outings as effectively. Rookie southpaws Jared Shuster and Dylan Dodd have each been hit laborious of their MLB debuts (two begins apiece).
As issues stand, the Braves can hope for a swift return from Fried, which might set the stage for a rotation of him, Strider, Wright, Morton and Elder, with Shuster and Dodd persevering with to develop in Gwinnett. Oft-injured righty Michael Soroka can be hoping for a giant league return and is within the Gwinnett rotation, however he’s increase his pitch rely presently and threw simply 38 innings between the minors and large leagues mixed from 2020-22. Soroka is on the mound this morning and has already tossed two innings for Gwinnett as of this writing, but it surely stays to be seen when he’ll be thought of for the Main League workers.
