Chicago’s Anderson suspended, will appeal
MINNEAPOLIS » Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday for giving fans the middle finger during a game Wednesday in Cleveland.
Anderson is appealing the ban and remained in the lineup hitting leadoff Friday night at Minnesota.
Anderson had three errors in the first two innings of Chicago’s 11-1 loss Wednesday in the opener of a doubleheader. The frustrated 28-year-old made the gesture toward a fan while out in the field.
It’s the second time MLB has suspended Anderson this season. He served a two-game ban on opening weekend for making contact with umpire Tim Timmons during the ninth inning of a game on Sept. 27. Anderson successfully appealed that suspension down from three games.
Anderson is batting .333 with five RBIS and a home run heading into this week’s series in Minneapolis.
He made his first All-star team in 2021 and finished the season with a .309 average, 17 home runs and 61 RBIS to help lead the White Sox to an AL Central title.
Anderson has five errors this season, all in his last two games. He committed just 10 all of last season.
Wendle guaranteed $4.63M by Marlins, could get up to $11.55M. ATLANTA » Miami Marlins infielder Joey Wendle is guaranteed $4,625,000 under a oneyear contract that avoided salary arbitration, a deal that could be worth up to $11.55 million for two seasons.
Wendle gets a $4.55 million salary this year under the contract agreed to late Thursday, and the deal include a $6.3 million mutual option for 2023 with a $75,000 buyout payable if the team declines the option.
The option price can escalate by $700,000 based on plate appearances this season: $100,000 for 250 and each additional 50 through 550.
Wendle had been scheduled for a hearing Tuesday — his 32nd birthday. He had asked for a raise from $2.25 million to $4.9 million and had been offered 4.35 million.
Eligible for free agency after the 2023 season, Wendle was traded to Miami by Tampa Bay on Nov. 30, the day before the lockout began.
He is hitting .314 with four RBIS in 35 at-bats this season after batting .265 with a career-best 11 homers along with 54 RBIS last year.
Cubs put OF Clint Frazier on injured list with appendicitis. CHICAGO » Clint Frazier’s injuryplagued career took another hit Friday when the Chicago Cubs announced the outfielder has been sidelined because of appendicitis.
Frazier was put on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Frazier missed the final 82 games of last season with the New York Yankees because of vertigo. He signed a oneyear, $1.5 million contract with the Cubs after being released by the Yankees on Nov. 19.
Frazier was batting .143 (3 for 21) with two doubles and two walks in 10 games for the Cubs.
Outfielder Alfonso Rivas was recalled from Triple-a Iowa.
Injuries have followed Frazier, a former first-round pick of Cleveland in the 2013 draft, since he was traded to the Yankees as part of a 2016 deadline trade for left-handed reliever Andrew Miller.
Frazier made his major league debut in 2017, batting .231 in 39 games for the Yankees. But he suffered a concussion in spring training in 2015 and was placed on the IL for two stints related to his concussion, including a second trip from July 16 to the remainder of the season. He played in 15 games over four stints, batting .265.