When Does Max Anderson Get Some Consideration?
Max Anderson is tearing through Triple-A pitching, forcing Detroit’s front office to decide if his elite contact and surging power can rescue a struggling big-league infield.
Tigers Fans Have Every Right to Be Disappointed Max Anderson has reached the point at Triple-A where the Detroit Tigers can no longer treat him as a future-only question, but whether they should call him now depends less on his numbers than on how long Detroit’s patchwork infield keeps asking for one more answer. Start with the bat, because that is still the carrying tool here. Anderson’s 2026 all-minors line sits at .
324/. 342/. 529 in 73 plate appearances, with 4 home runs, 13 RBIs and a .
205 ISO. The Toledo-only line is a notch smaller on the on-base side, but still more than playable: . 327/.
333/. 473 in 57 plate appearances. Since getting back from the injured list, his May Toledo split has been .