Mariners Plan to Call Up Top Pitching Prospect Kade Anderson for Saturday Start
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Sources: M's to call up top prospect Anderson The Mariners plan to call up left-hander Kade Anderson, the top pitching prospect in baseball, to start Saturday, sources told ESPN.
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Yahoo SportsHoping to make a push for the final wild-card spot in the American League, the Seattle Mariners are reportedly planning to call up southpaw Kade Anderson, MLB's top pitching prospect.
CBS SportsThe Mariners have apparently decided they've seen enough, at long last, which means Anderson should be added in the 27 percent of CBS Sports leagues where he remains available. So polished is he that I'm already inclined to rank him 37th at starting pitcher rest of season. If you think that's too aggressive given that he's bypassing Triple-A with this promotion, understand that's standard operating procedure for the Mariners. They don't like exposing their best pitching prospects to the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League and have had Miller, George Kirby and Bryan Woo all leapfrog it on their way to the majors -- with sterling results, I'd say.
Bleacher ReportThe Seattle Mariners plan to call up top pitching prospect Kade Anderson, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
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Anderson is expected to start against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday after getting called up, per Passan.
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Yahoo SportsAnderson, whom Seattle drafted third overall last year, is poised to start Saturday against the Chicago Cubs, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported on Thursday.
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Kade Anderson is coming up -- and not a moment too soon. We're inside of 45 days to go, which marks the point when a prospect can debut and still retain his rookie eligibility for next year. It also marks the point when we normally see a rash of call-ups, but prior to this Anderson news, there had been only one: Joshua Baez.
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Kade Anderson doesn’t allow a run for the 13th time in 18 starts. He was awesome tonight. Final line: 5.2IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 7K, 8 groundouts, 12 whiffs, 79 pitches, 53 strikes. pic.twitter.com/aOhwCLI9Lo
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01 Yahoo Sports After not pitching in the Mariners' system last year, the talented left-hander has sparkled for Double-A Arkansas in 2026. Over 18 appearances for the Travelers, he's accumulated 93 1/3 innings of work. Along the way, he's allowed only 11 runs, posting a glimmering 1.06 ERA.
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02 Yonhap Sports By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- When pitching for the NC Dinos last year, left-hander Logan Allen put up good numbers against the KT Wiz but that did not mean the starter found them easy to handle. Though he posted a 2.70 ERA against the Wiz in five starts, his second-best mark against any opponent in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in 2025, Allen said he "always knew they had good hitters."
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03 CBS Sports Granted, he's made a big impression, becoming the first player to homer three times in his major league debut, but we'd like to see some other prospects make an impression, too. So which will they be and when?
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04 Bleacher Report Expectations are high for the left-hander, as he's listed as the No. 1 pitching prospect as well as the No. 5 overall prospect among all teams (via MLB.com).
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