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Today's Linkster #51 · MLB

Tim Anderson to Marcus Stroman

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Tim Anderson to Marcus Stroman in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through teams, but any shared college or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Tim Anderson (SS, 2016–2025) Teams: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Miami Marlins.
  • Marcus Stroman (SP, 2016–2025) College: Duke. Teams: Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.

Seasons 2016–2025. Teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

5 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 4 matched par. The winning run was dannyleaden's: 2 moves in 0:09.6.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Tim Anderson
  2. Miami Marlins Giancarlo Stanton
  3. New York Yankees Marcus Stroman

No other kind of link made it any shorter.