Ian Anderson is 23 years old, and technically still a rookie. He doesn’t have 200 big-league innings under his belt yet, but he’s a seasoned pro at this whole October thing. Since making his MLB debut in August of 2020, Anderson has tossed 18.2% of his innings in the playoffs, and it’s gone pretty, pretty well.
When he got the call for the Atlanta Braves on Friday night in World Series Game 3, it was the eighth postseason start of his career — the second-most of any pitcher before his 24th birthday (behind fellow Braves prodigy Steve Avery).