Twins Claim RHP Jack Anderson from Red Sox

[Seth Stohs]

Jack Anderson became available when the Red Sox DFAd him earlier in the week. He debuted for Boston in mid-April and pitched in three big-league games. He had two walks and six strikeouts, along with three earned runs over eight innings. At Triple-A Worcester, he was 2-4 with a 4.81 ERA this year. In 58 innings, he walked 21 and had 51 strikeouts. 

Anderson grew up in Tampa. He was the 16th round pick of the Detroit Tigers in 2021 after playing at Florida State. He spent four seasons with the Tigers organization and the 2025 and 2026 seasons with the Red Sox. 

Fun Fact: He pitched three innings in the 2026 World Baseball Classic for the team from Great Britain. He struck out three batters and gave up one run over three innings. 

He will start by being optioned to the Saints. 

 

Lefty Anthony Banda was moved to the 60-Day Injured List to make room for Anderson on the 40-man roster.  Banda had surgery recently on his left lat. Very likely to miss the remainder of the season. 

Anderson throws five pitches. He throws a four-seam fastball 36.3% of the time. It averages just 90.4 mph. He throws a split finger (22.6%, 81.4 mph) and a slider (21%, 82.6mph). He also throws a sweeper (12.1%, 78.1 mph) and a curveball (8.1% 77.2mph). 

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[wesnewy]

A lot of things are better than what we have in our BP, but isn’t this just another team’s table scraps again, and a bad team at that?

[ashbury]

Looks like a strategy consistent with the acquisition of Tommy Vance from Toronto: pick a team with a good bullpen this year, scan for a guy with a very low leverage index (meaning he's not often in a close game), get him cheaply and then see if there's a diamond in the rough that the other  team just never had the opportunity to make the best use of due to better options already.

Bottom feeding is not my preference, but given that the Twins painted themselves into a corner with their bullpen moves (or lack of them) the past 12 months, and apparently don't want to invest prospect capital in upgrades at the bottom of the bullpen, this isn't a crazy approach.

Long way to the trade deadline, which may inform us how these little moves fit into some Go-Big-Or-Go-Home narrative.  Or maybe, this will be the blueprint for all of July.

[Rosterman]

Grabbing guys requiring a 40-man spot. Gotta play them at some point or lose them. They are better than “who” that you have developed as prospects?

[Permanent Twins Fan]

At least he is young

[stringer bell]

Best wishes. He would be seem to be a better bet than what is left at St. Paul, with the possible exception of CJ Culpepper.