(You’re going to dedicate today’s Waiver Wire to Ian Anderson, aren’t you?)
I heard that! And how could I not? When I wrote about it before your meeting on Tuesday, my complaint was far from brilliant. I’m not sure if he’s in a position; I had no way of knowing, actually, given the secret surrounding the educational sites of choice and the games within the team that might or might not take up position there, and even though I never let a lottery ticket pass if I have room for it, I’m not sure I can make room for it.
But now I can, because this lottery ticket is a winner.
Okay, it’s too early to say for sure, but a bachelor shot opposed to the Yankees in six innings not even on my bingo card for Anderson’s deyet, especially in a season when he didn’t have the luxury of following a general. Launch program. Array I’m not sure he had the land in the tank, and I’m not sure the land he had is effective.
That brings me to how he controlled to hit the Yankees. For a prospect who, in the latest report, struggled with the consistency of his command, as well as his secondary arsenal, progress is evident. He made two walks in all six innings, but especially at the start of the game, he constantly led the count, hunting like a pitcher who knew exactly where the ball was going and what he was looking to do with it. He trusted his change a lot, throwing him nearly 40% of the time and guilty of 8 of his 12 strikes. He even threw quality marbles. The arsenal has been subtle and the pitches well executed.
It looked polished, like a finished product, and you know that the pedigree is forged since Anderson was the most productive pick of the draft (third overall in 2016) of the braves reconstruction. And especially in a season where the quality of the initial releases is so interesting, there’s no way to leave those types of leads to anyone else.
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