Throughout the season, I have written many fantasy baseball articles on players that needed to be dropped to waivers. The reason for most of those was performance, or lack of it, but not all. Certainly, some players needed to be cut because of injury. Others were because they got sent to the minors. However, none rose to the level of needing to be immediately dropped quite like this particular player. In this Tim Anderson fantasy drop article, I will point out the many reasons why he needs to be sent to the waiver jungle. Once there, he should remain for the rest of the season, at a minimum.

As with all of my articles, debate and discussion are strongly encouraged. Let me hear from you, especially if you disagree with my assessment and the reason you feel that way.

Reason One: Anderson’s Bat has Disappeared.

Of course, by now, everyone is aware of Tim Anderson‘s on field incident. I will get to that in a moment. Whatever point in the season one looks, Anderson’s bat has been missing in action. First, let’s look at his past seven games. He is hitting a miserable .154 with no runs scored and a single RBI.

Second, Anderson’s season totals aren’t much better. Currently, he is batting a near invisible .242-1-20 with an absolutely terrible .284/.289 slash line. Anderson has just 87 hits, of which only 14 are for extra bases.

He doesn’t put the ball in play nearly enough. If he did, his .309 BAbip strongly suggests he would be having a much better season at the plate. His SO% is up six points from a year ago. Simply stated, Anderson’s lack of production is reason enough for his inclusion in this Tim Anderson fantasy drop edition.

Reason Two: The White Sox are an awful baseball team.

Without doubt, usually a player leading off for an MLB team would be reason enough to get him on a fantasy roster. That is not the case with Anderson, however. The White Sox are one of the most dysfunctional teams we’ve seen in baseball in quite some time. They traded many of their players at the deadline. Anderson wasn’t one of them. The team has forgotten how to hit. Overall, Chicago ranks 22nd in batting.

Glance deeper, and the numbers are gruesome. The White Sox are 25th in runs, 24th in RBI, 20th in Ks, 21st in SB, 26th in slugging and 28th in OPS. Think that is depressing enough? There’s more. They are dead last in the majors in walks and OBP.

Obviously, there aren’t many opportunities for the hitters in this lineup to build any credible statistics. As Anderson isn’t a good hitter this season in his own right, his chances of building up any usable fantasy numbers is bleak to say the least. Let’s call this strike two against keeping Anderson on a fantasy team down the stretch and certainly in the postseason.

Reason Three: Anderson will serve a suspension for his behavior.

Without doubt, the biggest reason anyone is familiar with Tim Anderson is his on the field confrontation with Jose Ramirez last weekend. Anderson took it on the chin, literally, in that dustup. Fittingly, the exact same thing happened to him off the field as well. In the end, Anderson was hit with the longest MLB-imposed suspension after a brawl. The length of the suspension was six games.

At present, Anderson is appealing the suspension, as is his right. I see little reason for baseball to reduce the number of games he will be forced to sit out. Anyone with Anderson on their fantasy roster must be aware of the fact that he can’t be placed on the IL while suspended. Meaning, he will either have to remain on the active roster or placed on waivers. Without question, everyone reading this can guess what my decision would be. We will call this strike three, and Anderson’s out.

Conclusion

For the reasons outlined above, it is crystal clear that Tim Anderson has no business on a fantasy roster, regardless of format. Additionally, the fact that Anderson only qualifies at a shortstop doesn’t help his case. That position is deep this season in fantasy. The only conclusion to come to is clear. Tim Anderson must be dropped immediately, this second. Do so, have no regrets and don’t look back.

The Final Word

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