Max Anderson swings the most of almost any hitter in the Minors. Over the past three days, he's also collected more knocks than anyone.
The Tigers' No. 4 prospect hammered two homers and drove in three runs during a five-hit day on Saturday, fueling Triple-A Toledo to a 15-6 victory over Worcester at Polar Park. The performance marked Anderson's second five-hit game of the season and gave him 11 hits over his past three contests -- the most across the Minors.
In addition to raising Anderson's Triple-A slash line to .309/.354/.528 -- and giving him three multihit games in a row -- the contest vaulted the former Nebraska Cornhusker into an exclusive group. He joined Eric Bitonti (MIL No. 22) and Henry Bolte (Athletics) as the only players to post multiple five-hit games in the Minors this year. In the bigs, there have been six five-hit performances, none by the same player.
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After flying out to the warning track in right field in his first at-bat, Anderson got on the board in the third inning. Facing right-hander Jack Anderson (Red Sox), the 24-year-old torched a slider, sending it over the wall in left. The laser, which had just 4.2 seconds of hang time before touching down on the berm, plated Max Clark (DET No. 1), who had doubled one batter earlier.
Anderson laced two singles and a double in his next three at-bats before leaving the yard again in the ninth, this time against a position player. With the game out of reach at 13-5 and Juan Montero, primarily a catcher, on the bump, Anderson put a charge into a 64.6 mph pitch for his 11th homer of the year.
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Drafted in the second round in 2023, Anderson's bat has been his top asset as a pro. He led the Tigers system in hits (149), extra-base hits (52) and total bases (241) in 2025, and ranked tied for third in homers (19). The Kansas City native then bolstered his season at the Arizona Fall League, where he slashed .447/.609/.809 en route to the circuit's batting title and All-AFL honors.
This season, after missing time with an unspecified injury, Anderson's bat has been as advertised. While swinging an unprecedented 55.5% of the time -- 96th percentile at Triple-A -- he has managed to rack up knocks and limit strikeouts (24 K's compared to 12 walks). In June alone, Anderson has one five-hit game, one four-hit game, four three-hit games and a pair of games with two hits. He has slashed .330/.370/.617 through 21 contests this month.
Earlier this year, Anderson told MLB Pipeline he plans on keeping his unique approach whenever he reaches the bigs.
“Be aggressive and hit the ball,” Anderson said. “That’s the thing that’s gotten me here. So, just be myself and when my time comes, I’ll be ready.”