With the Detroit Tigers expected to be clear buyers at the 2025 MLB trade deadline, several reports and rumors indicated that infielder Max Anderson was one of the team's most likely prospects to be traded.
Detroit's No. 9 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, Anderson would indeed have been a logical trade chip due to his quality bat and the Tigers' infield logjam. He was a valuable, yet expandable asset – one who could theoretically headline a package to net Detroit a Major League roster player (perhaps a bullpen arm or an upgrade at another area of need) in return.