Ken Rosenthal reported on Friday evening that the Detroit Tigers and right-handed pitcher Drew Anderson on in agreement on a one-year deal with a club option, pending his physical. Anderson has spent the last four years pitching in Japan and then Korea. He posted a 2.25 ERA across 30 starts in 2025, pitching for the SSG Landers, the club formerly known as the SK Wyverns. He is expected to work as a starter for the Tigers, but we’ll see how that actually plays out.

The 31-year-old has a prototypical starter’s build at six-foot-three and 205 pounds. He was drafted back in 2021 in the 21st round by the Philadelphia Phillies as a prep pick out of Galena High School in Nevada.

Anderson’s initial progress as a prospect was slow, but he was consistently effective and durable until an injury pla

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