World Series champion Ian Anderson assigned to Columbus Clingstones’ active roster

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Atlanta Braves announced on Thursday that right-handed pitcher and World Series champ Ian Anderson has been assigned to the Clingstones’ active roster.

He will also make his first start with the team on Monday against the Montgomery Biscuits at Synovus Park.

This marks his first appearance in Double-A baseball since 2019 with Mississippi.

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Anderson, 27, was a huge help in Atlanta’s 2021 World Series Championship team by delivering 5.0 no-hit innings in Game 3 against Houston to help the Braves secure their first title since 1995.

He’s a former first-round pick at No. 3 overall in the 2016 Draft and has made 59 career appearances with 52 starts between Atlanta and the Los Angeles Angels, going 22-14 with a 4.22 ERA and 270 strikeouts over 281.2 innings.

For his Double-A career, he made 25 starts with the Mississippi Braves from 2018–19, going 9–6 with a 2.62 ERA and 171 strikeouts over 130.1 innings.

He also threw the first 7.0 innings of a combined no-hitter for Mississippi on June 28, 2019, vs. Jackson, striking out 14 — then a franchise record, later surpassed by current Clingstone Drue Hackenberg’s 16 strikeouts at Pensacola on July 21, 2024.