The Twins have added another arm to the mix, claiming right-hander Jack Anderson off Boston’s waiver wire. Minnesota made the move official after 7 News’ Ari Alexander first reported it, and the club also announced a corresponding roster shuffle by moving Anthony Banda from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL.
Banda’s season is over after recently undergoing lat surgery.
Anderson’s path to Minnesota has been a winding one. The Tigers took him in the 16th round of the 2021 draft, and he later landed with Boston when the Red Sox grabbed him in the minor league Rule 5 Draft in December 2024. He spent another full season in the minors before getting his first big league shot this year, and he made it count in a small sample, putting up a 3.38 ERA across eight innings and three appearances for the Red Sox in April.
Boston has mostly been trying to stretch Anderson back into a starting role in Triple-A, though his pro track record has been more varied. He’s spent much of his career working as a long man or multi-inning reliever, and the results in Worcester were uneven: a 4.81 ERA, a 20.5% strikeout rate, and an 8.4% walk rate over 58 innings.
Even so, there’s a case for Minnesota to keep him in a starting-type role. Anderson owns a 4.10 ERA in 48 1/3 innings as a starter, compared with a 6.11 ERA as a reliever.
The Twins have holes across the pitching staff, but the bullpen stands out as the bigger issue after a season of inconsistency. Anderson also comes with all of his minor league options intact, giving Minnesota the flexibility to move him between the majors and St.
Paul whenever it needs innings.
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