The Miami Marlins designated shortstop Tim Anderson for assignment:

Anderson struggled offensively throughout his 65-game stint in Miami, hitting .214 in 234 at-bats with three extra-base hits.

“It’s never an easy day when you have to DFA one of your everyday players,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said before a series-opening game against Boston. “Tim was awesome in the clubhouse. I didn’t know him before this year and he was one of the harder workers I’ve ever been around.”

Anderson didn’t fulfill the offensive expectations the Marlins anticipated when he signed a one-year free agent deal. The 31-year-old Anderson played his first eight seasons with the Chicago White Sox and batted over .300 four consecutive years. In 2019, Anderson hit .335 and won the AL batting title.

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Anderson produced a solid 3-4 WAR through 2021. His fall was precipitous, going from 4.7 rWAR in 2021 to 1.3 in 2022 to -2.0 in 2023 to -1.2 in half a season this year. He need hand surgery in 2022; his batting stats were good that season up until the injury. Since then, he’s hit like a back-up catcher.

Maybe with some time off, he can figure out if there is something physically wrong he can fix. I suspect some team might take a flier on him; maybe he can morph into a super utility man. It looks to me, however, that a good career is over way too soon.