2021 report card: Chase Anderson

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports Part of the duo of pitchers signed to cheap one-year deals to provide depth to the starting rotation, Chase Anderson flamed out in a big way, eventually earning his release.

2021 stats

14 G (9 GS), 48 IP, 1.48 WHIP, 16.3 K%, 9.3 BB%, 1.88 HR/9, 6.75 ERA (5.86 FIP), -0.3 fWAR

The good

When the season started, not much was expected from Anderson. He had been named the fifth starter on the team and as we all know with fifth starters, it’s more or less a bullpen day where the first guy you hope gives 4-5 solid innings. Anderson did pretty much that in his first five starts, giving the team 21 2⁄3 innings where he allowed 13 runs on 21 hits, walking ten and striking out…