From Mark Bowman's blog on MLB.com, here is a note about a Minor League signing of our old friend Josh Anderson:
To compensate for the lack of outfielders in Gwinnett, the Braves have signed Josh Anderson to a Minor League deal. Anderson hit .294 with three homers in the 40 games he played for Atlanta in 2008. The speedy outfielder has spent the past two years within the Tigers and Royals organizations.
He was one of those outfielders competing for the starting center field job last spring training (2009), but lost out to Jordan Schafer. Anderson was traded to Detroit for Minor League pitcher Rudy Darrow.
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Welcome back Josh
HEYJUDE - June 15, 2010
Good player to have on the bench, in my opinion. His speed gives him a decent amount of value but he’s purely a slap hitter with little potential offensively. I like him a little less than Gregor, but with the centerfield options wearing thin it was a wise move to bring him back.
BenDuronio - June 15, 2010
I always liked him for some reason. He also gives us a viable backup, should we need one in Atlanta. I would rather bring him up as a bench player and leave Schafer in AAA as log as possible, should the injury bug bite us again.
DawgB - June 15, 2010
Agree 100%.
MichaelProcton - June 16, 2010
Maybe this means we'll be getting that Swagga back, too
Chief Noc-A-Homa - June 15, 2010
.215 BA in AAA Swagga?
MichaelProcton - June 16, 2010
whatever happened to Rudy Darrow?
GeneParmesan - June 15, 2010
He’s in Pocono with Baby Jane.
Bronn - June 15, 2010
Cut in April
http://www.talkingchop.com/2010/4/9/1412375/braves-release-nine-minor-leaguers
Mr. Sanchez - June 15, 2010
Loooooooove Josh Anderson!
Lauren T. - June 15, 2010
That’s a good signing. He probably won’t ever make it to the big team this season, unless something happens to Gregor.
Mighty Healthy - June 15, 2010
Sweet… another outfielder with no power who doesn’t walk. Just what the organization was lacking!
redwards95 - June 15, 2010
FTFY:
Sweet… another outfielder
with no power who doesn’t walk. Just what the organization was lacking!MichaelProcton - June 16, 2010
He was brought in primarily to fill a roster spot in Gwinnett. He may not hit for much power, but he did bat .294 in 40 games for the Braves in 2008.
DawgB - June 15, 2010
And was the Richmond player of the year.
MichaelProcton - June 16, 2010
He can steal a base and plays solid defense, not horrible for a 5th OFer option if needed.
Lennox - June 15, 2010
Good to have Opie back in the fold.
Sam Jethroe - June 15, 2010
This is nothing but a move to ensure Schafer stays in AAA all season which I have no problem with. All I know is in september in the 8th and 9th innings our defense is going to be amazing in the OF
drumzalicious - June 15, 2010 via mobile
we should extend the fences and foul lines, we cant hit many HR anyways, mind as well take advantage of the fact that our late inning OF can cover about 1000 sqaure miles
Swo12bv - June 16, 2010
Josh is one of the nicest guys in baseball. I wish they had signed him last week when the team was here in Norfolk.
cbwilk - June 16, 2010
Holty_Panthers_Fan's deleted fanpost:
Another round w/ OF Josh Anderson in ATL system
Tiny by Holty_Panthers_Fan on Jun 16, 2010 12:06 PM PDT Comment 0 comments
Welcome back Mr. Anderson
Star-divide
Well my talkingchop.com fateful looks like we have Josh Anderson in our system once again; after being released last Friday by the Brewers ATL has taken a second chance on Josh Anderson acquired orginally from the Astros a couple of seasons ago.
THis move I hope is just b/c we need depth in the OF at AAA or something b/c otherwise what does this signal ? Are you about to dump N. McClouth ? Is Blanco not doing a good enough job in spot duty in ATL and at Gwinett ?
Interesting move but I hope it is just for organization depth and nothing more; I still am not crazy about it I mean Anderson has speed to burn and can play decently enough in the field but he cannot hit at all . Seems to me to be the OF cousin of former Braves 2B Pete Orr.
Anderson again but hopefully he will come nowhere near ATL this season; but don’t be surprised b/c maybe Schafer to the majors this season is something that ATL front office doesn’t want to do. Maybe they feeled they rushed Schafer and his wrist injury needs more time to heal and he can get more quality AB’s in the minors.
Interesting move but I just don’t get it; I mean don’t we have Alex Romero in our minor league system as well ? What is it with us and former Astros OF’s lately ?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/06/josh-anderson-signs-minorleague-deal-with-atlanta.html
Go Braves
cbwilk - June 16, 2010
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