Anderson’s deal is for one year, $2.5 million. In 11 starts with the San Francisco Giants last season (59.2 innings pitched), the now 31-year-old went 4-3 with a 4.37 ERA (4.36 FIP). His strikeout rate of 15.8 percent was well below his career rate of 21 percent. His ground ball rate of 28.5 percent was also well below his career 40.7 percent rate. Perhaps Anderson was aided by an extremely low 6.1 percent home run/fly ball ratio. Who knows, 2020 was weird and stupid. One thing known is that Anderson generates a ton of soft contact. Among pitchers with at least 50 innings tossed in 2020, Anderson had the 15th lowest average exit velocity generated (86.
The Pirates signed some players this week
