A familiar face from the 2021 Atlanta Braves World Series team is once again leaving the organization. According to his transaction log, the right-hander has left the franchise.
This is the second time in 2025 that he has parted ways with the Braves. He was traded to the Los Angeles Angels at the end of Spring Training but returned to Atlanta about a month later after being claimed off waivers.
There’s still a possibility that Anderson could return to the Braves on a minor-league contract and earn an opportunity during Spring Training, but that remains uncertain. Another club might also look to sign him to bolster its pitching depth.
Anderson made his first major league appearance since 2022 while with the Angels. He didn’t pitch for the Braves’ big-league club in 2025 outside of Spring Training, spending most of the season with Triple-A Gwinnett. Late in the year, he also completed a rehab assignment with Double-A Columbus. His season was interrupted for about two months due to ulnar neuritis, an elbow condition that causes inflammation and irritation of the nerve.
“It’s been a tough year,” he said back in September. “Just a lot of start and stop.”
While he struggled ahead of going on the injured list, he showed promise in his return. In three starts with Columbus, he had a 3.09 ERA over 11 1/2 innings pitched. He allowed four earned runs in his lone start after returning to Triple-A, but he completed six innings for the first time all season.
It’s very likely his time with the Braves is over, but we’ve thought that before. If this is it, he’s still left a mark that many will remember for a long time. He was a key starter for the Braves when they won the World Series. In Game 3, he pitched five no-hit, shutout innings to help with the team to a 2-1 series lead over the Houston Astros.
In eight postseason starts between 2020 and 2021, he had a 1.26 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings pitched. In an interview with Atlanta Braves on SI, he expressed his determination to show that he can get back into a big league rotation.
“I don’t think it would be a surprise that if said back in ‘21 when I walked off the mound in the World Series, that I thought that things would play out a lot differently,” he said. “So, it would be awesome to have a chance to get back out there and prove to myself more than anything that no matter how many bumps in the road there were, it was always meant to be.”
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