NORTH PORT, Fla. — For Ian Anderson, the struggles spiraled out of control. One thing turned into another, creating a snowball effect he never overcame.
When the Braves sent him down to Triple-A, he had one foot there and another in the majors, where he still desperately wanted to pitch.
“You look back, you wish you would have caught some things earlier, you think maybe you would have been able to make some changes faster,” Anderson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday. “It’s tough when you’re still trying to compete. You still have to think you can go out there and do it or else you’re going to be even worse off.”