It didn’t take long for the Los Angeles Dodgers to ink former Kansas City Royals reliever Nick Anderson to a minor league deal after he was designated for assignment on July 14.
The right-hander refused his minor league assignment and was released four days later. With more than five years of major league service, Anderson could decline any minor league assignments while retaining his $1.575 million salary.
Anderson had an ERA of 4.04 through 37 appearances with the Royals. It was his heaviest workload since his dominant rookie season in 2019. He was pushed out of the bullpen when Kansas City acquired Hunter Harvey from the Washington Nationals.