Brian Anderson

31-Year-Old Third Baseman3B

Free Agent

2024 Stats

AVG

.000

RBI

Rest-of-Season Projections

AVG

RBI

Unlock Our Projections

2024 Fantasy Outlook

No hitter misses the 2019 super happy fun ball more than Brian Anderson. The 20 homers he hit that season was a career best than he has not come close to matching since and his peak power years of ages 28-30 have looked like carbon copies of below average production for both Miami and Milwaukee. The strong-armed third baseman/right fielder can likely find a platoon job with some team, but he is an odd fit because he is a righty who hits righties better (108 wRC+) than he does lefties (89 wRC+) over the course of his career. If there is a club willing to give him 300 or so plate appearances against righties and just bench him against lefties, mono league fantasy managers may be able to squeeze out a bit of value using a reserve pick on this dual-position player. That dual position eligibility is his saving grace as things stand now. Read Past Outlooks

RANKS

Rest of Season

From Preseason

#363

ADP

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man No

Height 6'3"

Weight 208

DOB 5/19/1993

Born Edmond, OK

College Arkansas

Drafted 3rd Rd 2014 MIA

Becomes free agent

3BFree Agent

July 17, 2024

Anderson elected free agency Tuesday.

ANALYSIS
One day after he was outrighted off Atlanta's 40-man roster, Anderson decided to pursue opportunities elsewhere rather than accepting a minor-league assignment to Triple-A Gwinnett. The 31-year-old saw action in just three games for Atlanta prior to being cut loose, going hitless with two strikeouts in five plate appearances.

Read More News

Batting Stats

Loading Batting Stats...

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2024 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2023 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2022 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2021 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2020 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2019 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2018 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

2017 MLB Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Scoring

FanDuel

DraftKings

Yahoo DFS

Sorare

Loading Batting Game Log...

Minor League Game Log

Calculate Stats Over Time

Just click on any two dates.

Loading Minor League Batting Game Log...

Batting Order Slot Breakdown

vs Right-Handed Pitchers

vs RHP

vs Left-Handed Pitchers

vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+2%

OPS vs RHP

2024

No Stats

2023

+18%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+18%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.654	171	19	5	12	1	.211	.298	.355
Since 2022vs Right	.665	578	62	12	56	1	.226	.311	.354
2024vs Left	.000	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2024vs Right	.000	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2023vs Left	.597	86	7	2	6	1	.187	.291	.307
2023vs Right	.703	275	31	7	34	0	.239	.316	.387
2022vs Left	.746	81	12	3	6	0	.247	.321	.425
2022vs Right	.632	302	31	5	22	1	.215	.308	.325
More Splits→	View More Split Stats

Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+29%

OPS at Home

2024

No Stats

2023

+24%

OPS at Home

2022

+30%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.739	404	48	12	43	2	.245	.329	.409
Since 2022Away	.572	345	33	5	25	0	.195	.284	.288
2024Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024Away	.000	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2023Home	.746	189	21	6	26	1	.247	.323	.424
2023Away	.601	172	17	3	14	0	.203	.297	.304
2022Home	.732	215	27	6	17	1	.243	.335	.397
2022Away	.562	168	16	2	11	0	.195	.280	.282
More Splits→	View More Split Stats

Stat Review

How does Brian Anderson compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.00

BB Rate

0.0%

K Rate

40.0%

BABIP

.000

ISO

.000

AVG

.000

OBP

.000

SLG

.000

OPS

.000

wOBA

.000

Exit Velocity

101.6 mph

Hard Hit Rate

66.7%

Barrels/PA

20.0%

Expected BA

.403

Expected SLG

.720

Sprint Speed

20.1 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

33.3%

Line Drive %

66.7%

Fly Ball %

0.0%

Prospect Rankings History

Advanced Batting Stats

Loading Advanced Batting Stats...

Additional Stats

Games By Position

Defensive Stats

Loading Games Played by Position...

Loading MLB Defensive Stats...

Batted Ball Stats

Loading Batted Ball Stats...

Stats Vs Upcoming Pitchers

Want more matchup stats?

View Brian Anderson vs. Pitcher Stats

Loading Matchup Stats...

Recent RotoWire Articles Featuring Brian Anderson See More

NL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week

159 days ago

A few promising offensive commodities have been featured in Jan Levine's latest NL rundown.

Spring Training Job Battles: AL West

255 days ago

The American League West features perhaps the biggest battle of all this spring: Wyatt Langford's quest to make the Rangers' Opening Day roster.

Collette Calls: Value in the Scrap Heap for 2024

351 days ago

Jason Collette highlights 10 hitters and 10 pitchers who have been nearly forgotten about in the first handful of 2024 drafts, including shortstop Tim Anderson.

Collette Calls: AL Hitting Bold Predictions Review

September 25, 2023

Jason Collette begins his review of his preseason Bold Predictions series, starting with American League hitters.

AL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week

September 3, 2023

Erik Siegrist looks over the influx of talent into the September player pool as Jasson Dominguez joins a group of top prospects remaking the Yankees' lineup.

Past Fantasy Outlooks

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Anderson was non-tendered by the Marlins after the season and latched on with the Brewers on a one-year deal, and he's expected to primarily play third base while also being an option in the outfield and at first base. Anderson has struggled through injuries each of the past two seasons while retaining a disciplined approach at the plate but seeing his numbers slide each of the past three seasons while he played through the injuries. The 20 homers of 2019 were clearly a product of the baseball being used that season, and he may have a hard time reaching those heights again with Milwaukee's park factor more recently favoring pitchers. He will likely end up in right field sooner rather than later as his range is declining but the arm is still elite. His splits have truly been all over the place, but he has historically handled righties better than lefties which should help keep him out of a short-side platoon situation. There is still good in his bat buried underneath the recent scar tissue, and he's an intriguing option should he land in the right place this winter.

The implementation of the universal DH bodes well for Anderson in 2022 if his body does not fail him the way it did in 2021. Much was made of Fernando Tatis' shoulder subluxations last year and how he avoided surgery; Anderson had the same problem but could not avoid surgery. His first shoulder issue cost him nearly three months, and that was followed by an oblique injury, COVID-19 and a second shoulder subluxation which led to him having surgery in mid-September. The problem now is that the surgery was on his front hitting shoulder, which hurts a hitter's ability to get full extension on their swing and generate full power. He's twice cleared the .800 OPS threshold in a season, but performance expectations should be modest coming off the procedure.

Anderson had his best year yet, at least judging by his career-high 121 wRC+, helping lead the Marlins to their first playoff berth since 2003. Whether or not he actually improved isn't clear, however. He made less contact than in either of his two previous full seasons, as his strikeout rate jumped significantly from 21.9% to 28.8%. When he did make contact, it came off the bat at a career-low 87.4 mph average exit velocity. Statcast suggests he overachieved by a fair amount, giving him a .228 xBA and a .425 xSLG, numbers which don't quite back up his .255 batting average and .465 slugging percentage. Overall, it's not the most compelling profile, but Anderson should at least do enough to be worth a later-round pick again this season. He has a locked-in role in an improving lineup, though he's still held back somewhat by the Marlins' pitcher-friendly home park.

This is the type of player that would be a much bigger deal in another market and another ballpark. Anderson is the guy in the Miami lineup pitchers don't want to beat them; his overall fantasy production is limited by his surrounding cast and his home park. If he hit in a better lineup and better park, 30 homers and 90-plus RBI would be a very real possibility for him in 2020. He is coming into his third full season at the major-league level and has shown improvement in the three years of MLB experience he has under his belt. He is too cheap for the Marlins to let go anywhere else, so the hope would be Derek Jeter and the other front-office officials improve his surrounding cast quicker so his fantasy value can grow in kind. For now, draft him for the improving player he is and hope his situation changes for the better while enjoying his dual-position eligibility.

For a player with as little prospect pedigree and buzz as Anderson, he had himself a nice little rookie season. He was the second-best hitter on a poor Marlins team, finishing 13 percent better than league average with the bat after accounting for park effects (113 wRC+). His plate-discipline profile was pretty much exactly in line with his minor-league track record, with Anderson walking 9.3% of the time while striking out at a 19.3% clip. The big drawback was the lack of power. Anderson had 34 doubles but only 11 homers and a .127 ISO, and his 51.8% groundball rate and .397 road slugging percentage don't portend much improvement in that department in the years to come. His 19.7% line-drive rate also points to a batting average in the .270s being maybe his ceiling. With his steady plate skills and an everyday role, the soon-to-be 26-year-old Anderson appears primed to once again be relevant in the corner infield, if only as a textbook accumulator.

Anderson lacks impact tools, realistic upside, a high floor and a record of performance at age-appropriate levels in the minors. But he will likely be the Marlins' starting third baseman on Opening Day, so he's got that going for him, which is nice. Prior to 2017, he impressed after getting drafted in the third round in 2014 in the lower levels as a 21-year-old, and had a nice 49-game run at High-A as a 23-year-old, but other than that, he had been roughly a league-average hitter at each stop. However, last season he hit .275/.361/.492 with 22 home runs in 120 games across stops at Double-A and Triple-A before making his big-league debut in September, where he whiffed 29.5 percent of the time. He could hit .250 or .260 with double-digit home runs if everything breaks right. In most organizations he would profile as an organizational depth piece, but after Miami gutted its roster this offseason, Anderson will be a part of a youth movement in 2018.

More Fantasy News

Outrighted off 40-man roster

3BAtlanta Braves

July 15, 2024

Atlanta outrighted Anderson to Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday.

ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.

Returns from injured list

3BAtlanta Braves

July 10, 2024

Atlanta reinstated Anderson (illness) from the 10-day injured list Wednesday.

ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.

Begins rehab assignment

3BAtlanta Braves

Illness

July 5, 2024

Anderson (illness) was sent to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday to begin a rehab assignment.

ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.

Goes on injured list

3BAtlanta Braves

Illness

June 25, 2024

Atlanta placed Anderson on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a bacterial infection.

ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.

Dealing with bacterial infection

3BAtlanta Braves

Illness

June 24, 2024

Anderson is not with the team due to a lower-body bacterial infection, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.

Latest Fantasy Rumors

Offense, defense scuffling

3BMilwaukee Brewers

July 7, 2023

Anderson is hitting .318 over his past six games but has also struck out 10 times and committed four errors.

ANALYSIS
All four errors have come at third base, where he had just one error in his first 52 appearances of the campaign. Anderson still has plus-two DRS and plus-four OAA at the position this season, so the rough stretch isn't likely to affect his role. The 30-year-old's struggles at the plate are more worrisome, as he has a .544 OPS and 36.6 percent strikeout rate in 29 games since June 1.

See All MLB Rumors