Jesse Chavez the most traded player in the history of Major League Baseball has made his way to White Sox Spring training by signing a minor league contract with the Chicago American League team, While not officially with the Sox yet, the 40 year old pitcher talked about all his former teams in this video.
On June 10th 2016 Tim Anderson made his Major League Debut for the Chicago White Sox. Last year On As of September 30th 2023 TA batted .288 with a .317 while playing home games for the South Siders. On the road he batted .276 with a .308 OBA. For his career so far Anderson has a .282 Batting average, an OBA of .312 and a slugging percentage of .422.
2023 was a regrettable/forgettable year for bot the White Sox and Anderson in particular. Anderson In 123 games Anderson hit only.245 lowering his career batting average 6 points from the end of 2022. Anderson only hit 21 extra base hits last year with only 1 home run, dropping his career slugging percentage 20 points in the process.
At The end of the dismal season the White Sox, declined on Anderson's 14 million dollar contract option for the 2024 season, buying it out instead for $1,000,000.00. After becoming a free agent in November of 2023 Anderson was signed in February by The Miami Marlins and have agreed on a 5 million dollar contract for the season.
If You Want Your Love
Story
To Have A Happy End
Do What I Did
Marry Your Best
Friend
If A Diamond
Isn’t Really Her
Thing
Do What I Did
Buy An Emerald Ring
If Your Fiancée
Doesn’t Need A Lot of
Folks
To See Her Wed
Don’t Do What I Did
Just Elope Instead
26 Years Ago This Valentine’s
Day
We Got Our Marriage
License
And I’m Here To Say
I’m So Glad I Married
My Best Friend
I Did What I Did
And I’d Do It Again
I wrote this earlier this month based on a prompt at my poetry group. I gave it to Amy on Valentine's day. Each time I read it I'm reminded of the work OF P.D. Eastman. This is probably because I think MY NEST IS BEST because of the bird I share it with.
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