But some things are out of my control, too.”Įarlier in the season, Grifol said there had been no internal conversations about playing either of their third basemen, Jake Burger or Yoán Moncada, at second base. Now I understand it a lot more, and I do what it takes to keep the body in good shape to play every day. I never wanted to be on the IL, but things happen. Go out there and do whatever it takes to do your job. It’s more so proving things to myself and just getting back to grinding and hustling every day. That’s not even trying to prove anything to people. I want to play every day, if I can, if my body allows me to. “I don’t want that to be attached to my name. “I’ve been on the IL a lot,” Anderson said. But Anderson would rather be on the bleeding edge of trying to find how early that can happen, than sitting on the injured list waiting for things to be perfect, watching the season pass by. There always is, at least in terms of feeling comfortable at the plate. There’s a physical component to when that’s going to happen. He’ll feel good at some point and he’ll take off and we’ll be sitting here talking about how good he’s going.” Because that’s what he’s done his whole career. I put him in the lineup knowing that today might be the day he starts feeling great and will hit. I’m not concerned, I’m not panicked, I don’t think about it too much. “He’s an (at-bat) away, a game away from taking off and hitting. “I’m always a glass-half-full guy with guys that have done it before,” said Grifol, who has shown no sign of wavering on Anderson as his everyday leadoff man. I’ve just got to keep believing in my work, trusting in my work.” Once I get back into my groove, once I get going, the sky is the limit. That’s what I’m trying to get back to, plus be able to do more. They just want to see me go out and do what I normally do. “I can say (my knee is a factor) somewhat, but don’t nobody want to hear that s. “That is part of it,” Anderson conceded on that last point, before quickly putting it on himself to be more disciplined. Tim Anderson is caught stealing on May 18. Yeah, I can get hits off some balls, but I ain’t really trying to do that. I think it’s all about toning it down and getting good pitches to hit. So I was growing, and I felt like I kinda took a couple of steps back: I guess coming off the injury and trying to make hard contact and find that barrel, and more so I guess you could say, trying to play catch-up. Before, I felt like I wasn’t really swinging at a lot of s-, and I was getting some walks. “I feel like I was getting good pitches to hit. “Just go look at the numbers of everything before my injury and after my injury and I think that would tell you a lot,” Anderson said. Anderson’s out-of-zone chase rate for the season (35.2 percent entering Tuesday) still remains at a career-low, but a quick summary of his self-assessment is that he was managing his aggression properly before the injury and not been keyed on pitches “to get my A-swing off” since he’s returned. To ask him, the central issue behind his struggles aligns with his central project for the season: improving his plate discipline. 213/.263/.213 since returning from a left knee sprain. I may not look like I’m growing, but I’m growing.”Įntering Tuesday night, Anderson had hit. It’s all about learning and making adjustments. I’ll sacrifice three or four weeks of sucking, to be great for a while. “It’s OK to suck for three or four weeks to be great for … the rest of your life (laughs). “It’s part of the process,” Anderson said. Well, Anderson certainly doesn’t care for it, but reasons that whenever the slump finally ends he will be better for it. It's not too bad.But he also doesn’t hate this figurative place, entering Tuesday night in Cleveland ensconced in one of the worst offensive slumps of his career, and the worst since his 2019 breakout. So I'll check with him after the game, after the round of treatments, see what we'll do tomorrow. However, it sounds like he has a pretty good chance to avoid the injured list. White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Monday that "reports are good" on Anderson (shoulder) and he remains day-to-day, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.Īnderson is missing a second straight start Monday due to right shoulder soreness.
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