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Here's how M's can get creative and accelerate top pitching prospect's arrival

The Seattle Times·Mike Vorel Seattle Times columnist·27 days ago
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Kade Anderson is coming. The question isn’t if, but when — and how. Because Anderson, who fell to Seattle with the No. 3 overall pick in the MLB draft last summer, is a battering ram demolishing Double-A doors . And if he continues on this trajectory, a rotation spot shouldn’t stop him from reaching Seattle. The 21-year-old southpaw was college baseball’s best pitcher as a sophomore in 2025, when he went 12-1 with a 3.18 ERA and 180 strikeouts (most in the nation) in 19 starts for LSU. The first-team All-American guided the Tigers to a national title and was named the men’s College World Series’ most outstanding player along the way. He arrived in Peoria, Ariz., this spring with four plus pitches — a mid-90s fastball, a wipeout slider, a mid-80s changeup and a merciless curve. After catching Anderson’s first Cactus League start in February, Cal Raleigh remarked that “those are all real pitches you can throw on both sides of the plate. [He’s] polished. Very impressive. He can locate the ball.…

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