Tim Anderson

The Miami Marlins, continuing their search for an everyday shortstop, recently made an offer to free agent Tim Anderson, according to sources briefed on the discussions. Anderson, 30, declined markedly last season after a brilliant performance in the World Baseball Classic during spring training. In eight seasons with the Chicago White Sox, he was a former batting champion and two-time All-Star. The Marlins would give him a chance to restore his value. Jon Berti, a 34-year-old utility man, currently is the leading option at shortstop for Miami, the only team that has not signed a major-league...

The two-time All-Star batted .245 with just one home run and 25 RBIs in 123 games.

Dissecting "Down goes Anderson": Tom Hamilton and Jason Benetti relive what it was like to call one of the wildest baseball fights in years.

The melee broke out after Ramírez slid into second base in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday.

“We’re not doing anything that is going to change the world or save mankind or save a life. You just try to have fun with it."

Already arguably the least productive hitter in baseball, Anderson squared up to fight José Ramírez and became a league-wide punching bag.

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Adam Wainwright put his time on the injured list to good use, working feverishly on one a previously undisclosed talents: Arts and crafts.

"He's an (at-bat) away, a game away from taking off and hitting .320 the rest of the year. I'm not concerned," manager Pedro Grifol said.

Anderson turns 30 next month and has his eyes on a style of offense that runs on more than just lightning-quick hands.

It takes a lot of elements of a team shorting out at the same time to produce a 7-16 record, which is why it looks so discouraging.

"I tried to prevent it. You can't control it. You can't control injury," Tim Anderson said Tuesday.

Chicago placed Anderson on the 10-day injured list and recalled infielder Lenyn Sosa from Triple-A Charlotte.

The White Sox showed the type of grit on Monday that they'll need with Yoán Moncada and Tim Anderson now dealing with injuries.

The White Sox made Webb look hittable six days after he struck out 12 in six innings at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day.

On a day when their quirks and vulnerabilities were on display and the other team was throwing its Opening Day starter, the Sox persevered.

The White Sox have 41 players in major-league camp and less than a week until Opening Day, so roster cuts will be coming fast and furious.

“He’s a star,” Mike Trout said of Tim Anderson who has his first professional start at second base. “There’s no other way to put it.”