Tim Anderson put together a disappointing season in the final guaranteed year of the six-year, $25 million extension he signed in March 2017.
The deal came with a pair of club option years, with the 2024 option worth $12.5 million (with a $1 million buyout).
\"All I can do is understand whatever process it is and live with it,\" Anderson said. \"It\'s not my decision if I want to stay or leave. I just have to hang with them. I mean I would love to [stay], but I understand if I don’t fit into what they are trying to do.\"
Anderson could also consider a new defensive position, a potential move to second base.
\"Really, at this point, it doesn\'t matter. I\'m a shortstop/second baseman,\" Anderson said. \"It\'s whatever to allow my career to keep going. I\'m not going to wrestle with a team that I\'m this or I\'m that. It\'s just an honor and a blessing to fit in any lineup as a starter considering how hard this game is. Short would be my first choice, but I also understand how older guys are viewed, now that I\'m stepping into that phase, which sucks and is different. I just want to continue to keep building on what I started and get back to what I used to be.\"
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