Kade Anderson made his major league debut on Saturday afternoon against the Chicago Cubs. (Photo by Eric Hiller/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Kade Anderson, the third pick in the 2025 MLB draft, made his major league debut on Saturday afternoon in Seattle against the Chicago Cubs. He became the first player from that class to make it to the big leagues.
According to Keith Law of The Athletic, Anderson is number one prospect in baseball. There was much consternation about bringing him up from Double-A Arkansas. Anderson pitched two seasons at baseball juggernaut LSU, accruing a 16-3 record before entering the draft last year. Due his heavy workload helping the Tigers win their eighth national ****** le, Seattle elected to have him sit out the remainder of 2025 to avoid injury.
Anderson, a 6'2" lefty, skipped the lower levels of the minors and has spent the entire season at Double-A, where he went 10-1 with a 1.06 ERA, and struck out 135 batters vs. just 13 walks. A 10/1 strikeout to walk ratio will play in any league.
But, because Anderson is just one year out of college and has been in Double-A all season, he was not on Seattle's 40-man roster. That changed when the team elected to call him up. As a general matter, Anderson won't pitch in enough games this season to lose his rookie status for next year. However, because he is now on the 40-man roster, the Mariners will not be allowed to have any contact with him in the event there is a lockout come December 1st. And with a rookie getting his first taste of big league competition, with potentially many things to learn from and work on, Seattle — and Anderson — may find it quite problematic that they cannot communicate with each other for the duration of the lockout. It is impossible to know — especially at this early date — the impact that will have on the pitcher's development, but it is not an ideal situation. Had the Mariners kept Anderson on the farm for the whole year, they could have worked with him all winter, regardless of any labor dispute.
#anderson #league #Seattle #saturday
Kade Anderson, the third pick in the 2025 MLB draft, made his major league debut on Saturday afternoon in Seattle against the Chicago Cubs. He became the first player from that class to make it to the big leagues.
According to Keith Law of The Athletic, Anderson is number one prospect in baseball. There was much consternation about bringing him up from Double-A Arkansas. Anderson pitched two seasons at baseball juggernaut LSU, accruing a 16-3 record before entering the draft last year. Due his heavy workload helping the Tigers win their eighth national ****** le, Seattle elected to have him sit out the remainder of 2025 to avoid injury.
Anderson, a 6'2" lefty, skipped the lower levels of the minors and has spent the entire season at Double-A, where he went 10-1 with a 1.06 ERA, and struck out 135 batters vs. just 13 walks. A 10/1 strikeout to walk ratio will play in any league.
But, because Anderson is just one year out of college and has been in Double-A all season, he was not on Seattle's 40-man roster. That changed when the team elected to call him up. As a general matter, Anderson won't pitch in enough games this season to lose his rookie status for next year. However, because he is now on the 40-man roster, the Mariners will not be allowed to have any contact with him in the event there is a lockout come December 1st. And with a rookie getting his first taste of big league competition, with potentially many things to learn from and work on, Seattle — and Anderson — may find it quite problematic that they cannot communicate with each other for the duration of the lockout. It is impossible to know — especially at this early date — the impact that will have on the pitcher's development, but it is not an ideal situation. Had the Mariners kept Anderson on the farm for the whole year, they could have worked with him all winter, regardless of any labor dispute.
#anderson #league #Seattle #saturday
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