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Between 2019 and 2022, veteran Tim Anderson was seen as one of the better infielders in baseball. Anderson put up multiple All-Star appearances, and even finished in the top-10 of the American League MVP voting one season.

Playing for the Chicago White Sox, Anderson helped this team reach the playoffs in both 2020 and 2021. He was the captain of this Chicago squad, and everything seemed to be going great.

However, over the last few years, things have completely fallen off for the infielder, and his career has taken a hit. Anderson has spent time with the Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Angels, with each of those stops not lasting very long.

This past season, Anderson played in 31 games for the Angels, hitting .205 with an OPS of .499. The veteran didn’t hit any home runs during this time and only drove in three runs.

With the Marlins the year before, he didn’t fare much better, only playing in 65 games for the team. His batting average came in at .214 with an OPS of .463

This is a stark difference, and his fall off has been very interesting to watch. In his early seasons, Anderson was regularly hitting home runs and getting on base with hits going all over the field.

One reason for his decline was multiple injuries to his leg, which Anderson has admitted caused some problems. But going from being an All-Star every year to barely contributing is a tough drop.

Anderson is now a free agent once again, but it remains to be seen if he will be given a chance to play in the big leagues again. The veteran may have to sign a minor-league deal to then prove himself before a club allows him to step on the diamond again.

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Tim Anderson Heads Back to the Chicago White Sox 

One team that could look to give Anderson one more chance is his old team, the Chicago White Sox. While Chicago is now in a rebuild, bringing back the franchise icon from a few years ago could get the fans excited.

Anderson could act as a mentor to this younger team, providing a bench-coach type of role. With the White Sox not likely to play him super often, this may be the best-case scenario for the veteran infielder.

But whenever he did take the field, Anderson could try to show that he could still play. Things have been fairly rough for him over the past two years, but he is still only 32 years old.

In his last season with the White Sox, Anderson hit .245 with one home run and 25 runs batted in, playing in 123 games. Landing a minor-league deal with a team like Chicago could make sense, and this also could be a way for him to retire if things don’t work out again.

Anderson may as well try to end things with the team that helped him get started, and it could be an all-around good story for both sides.

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