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Athletics Agree To Terms With Brett Anderson

By Jeff Todd | March 20, 2018 at 1:05pm CDT

The Athletics have agreed to a contract with veteran lefty Brett Anderson, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s a minors deal, but other terms are not yet known.

If the deal becomes official, Anderson will return to the place where he first broke into the majors back in 2009. He turned in strong efforts for Oakland for parts of five seasons, working to a cumulative 3.81 ERA over 450 2/3 innings. Of course, that only worked out to about ninety frames per season, as Anderson dealt with a variety of injuries.

Anderson has had his successes since leaving the A’s, as well. In particular, he turned in a strong effort in 2015 for the Dodgers, making over thirty starts for the first time since his rookie year and finishing with a 3.69 ERA over 180 1/3 frames. That earned Anderson a qualifying offer, which he accepted for the ensuing season.

Unfortunately, Anderson has been neither healthy nor effective since that point. The 2016 season was mostly lost to back surgery. And Anderson limped to a 6.34 ERA with 6.2 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 in 55 1/3 innings last year after landing with the Cubs on a make-good contract.

There are still some signs of hope, however. Anderson is still just 30 years of age. Last year, he still managed fairly typical fastball velocity, posted an 8.8% swinging-strike rate that was the second highest of his career, and generated a typically solid 49.2% groundball rate. Anderson also may have suffered from some poor fortune with a .364 BABIP and 60.9% strand rate, though Statcast felt the results largely matched expectations based upon the quality of contact he surrendered.

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  1. lonestardodger

    4 years ago

    Probably minors deal.

    Reply
  2. oaksbossko

    4 years ago

    It’s funny how many players the A’s have of former A’s. Treinan, Powell, Cahill, now Anderson, and Lowrie went back and fourth with the Astros

    Reply
    • babysasquatch

      4 years ago

      Don’t forget Casilla

      Reply
      • oaksbossko

        4 years ago

        Yes, I knew I was forgetting someone.

        Reply
    • oaksbossko

      4 years ago

      It would be ridiculously awesome if somehow the Blue Jays traded back Donaldson and Chapman is converted to SS. Chapman could probably play a really good SS, but that would never happen.

      Reply
      • skip

        4 years ago

        If you can dream it can only happen in Oakland!

        Reply
    • Link182

      4 years ago

      They are getting the gang back together. Next they will be calling the Nationals asking about Gio

      Reply
    • jbigz12

      4 years ago

      A number of those guys leaving had a lot to do with the A’s not being able to afford their prime years so they were shipped off. Makes some sense to see Anderson and Cahill back asreclamation projects when they’re dirt cheap.

      Reply
    • Ruben_Tomorrow

      4 years ago

      They are like the Blues Brothers of baseball.

      Reply
  3. InvalidUserID

    4 years ago

    Maybe they can get Zito out of retirement and Braden too.

    Reply
  4. oaksbossko

    4 years ago

    It was awesome to see Zito pitch in an A’s uniform one last time for his last season.

    Reply
  5. Senioreditor

    4 years ago

    Teams just don’t learn…… he’s a broken down 30 year old that WILL NEVER STAY HEALTHY!

    Reply
    • oaksbossko

      4 years ago

      If is a minor league deal, is nothing to fret over. Teams still need depth.

      Reply
    • frankiegxiii

      4 years ago

      I don’t get it either, he’s basically a highly paid spectator

      Reply
      • Solaris601

        4 years ago

        I’m stunned that he’s only 30. I remember the stretch he had with the Dodgers in 2015 where it SEEMED like we were finally seeing Brett Anderson reach his potential, but injury derailed that as it always does. He took the QO and spent 2016 on the DL. So much potential, so few results.

        Reply
  6. rycm131

    4 years ago

    He could be a breakout prospect this year for the Athelticos

    Reply
    • oaksbossko

      4 years ago

      Between Anderson, Cahill, and Gonzalez, when they were the A’s rotation, Scouts liked Anderson the best. This was before the injuries.

      Reply
  7. kingen99

    4 years ago

    Ah, the picture boy for why salaries in baseball are ridiculous. He has earned nearly $50 million in his MLB career while pitching 741 innings. I’ll save you the trouble of having to do the math — that’s $67,287 per inning pitched in his career.

    Reply
    • takeyourbase

      4 years ago

      Well when you put it that way…. lol.
      It’s numbers and dollars like those that make teams shy away from spending big money. Not really much value for his $50mm in my book.

      Reply
    • davidcoonce74

      4 years ago

      Yes, I truly hope you never get hurt doing your job and your billionaire employer just decides you shouldn’t get paid.

      Reply
      • kingen99

        4 years ago

        I assure you that if injuries prevented you or me from performing our work duties our employers would move on to someone that can. I’m not blaming Anderson, I blame the owners for handing out massive contracts to a guy that they can’t count on to take the ball. Any prospective employer for you, me, or anyone else here would be reluctant to give hire any of us if they knew that we would only be able to make it in to work half the time (or less).

        Reply
        • davidcoonce74

          4 years ago

          If an employer decided not to hire you because of your health issues then that employer would almost certainly not be an employer for long, as it is quite illegal to refuse to hire someone because of health issues.

        • kingen99

          4 years ago

          You’re being obtuse. The point is that owner have continued to pay this guy as if he’s a starter that they can count on and history has shown that he can’t be counted on. There is nothing illegal about choosing not to hire a pitcher that can’t be counted take his turn in the rotation. In your world I guess pitchers who are unable to return to form after TJ or other arm injuries should still be given multi-million dollar contracts because it’s illegal to refuse to hire them due to health issues. Madness!

        • kingen99

          4 years ago

          Right, like employers are being run out of business because the discriminate against certain races, or religions, or sexual orientation, or weight. You’re living in a dream world if you believe that.

        • davidcoonce74

          4 years ago

          Baseball isn’t bound by the ADA, as far as I know, and I’m not advocating for teams to be “forced” to employ Anderson, of course, but teams also have internal risk/reward calculuses they use to decide to sign oft-injured players. Mark prior, for example, continued getting contracts long after he last pitched in a game because teams thought he might eventually get healthy. Brandon Webb, as well.

          I think my general disagreement is with this notion that these guys shouldn’t be making money if they got hurt, NFL style. (Pro football contracts are not guaranteed and players often get released, without pay, for being injured, which is immoral to me).

    • davidcoonce74

      4 years ago

      (And Anderson pitched many, many more innings in his career than just the ones in the majors)

      Reply
      • kingen99

        4 years ago

        Yes, but they’re not paying him millions of dollars a year to pitch in the minors.

        Reply
        • davidcoonce74

          4 years ago

          No, but your argument was that he pitched just 741 innings or whatever. He has thrown more than that.

        • kingen99

          4 years ago

          My argument was that he was paid nearly $50 million and in return for that he pitched 741 innings. Should we also include the number of pitches he made to his kids at home? Would that satisfy you?

        • davidcoonce74

          4 years ago

          No, but I think the innings he threw in the minors and in college and etc. should count towards his injury history. No need to get angry about it.

    • jbigz12

      4 years ago

      He did get a QO from the dodgers that year and didn’t make more than a few starts if I remember correctly. So that helped inflate that number with the ~17 mil he pulled in that year.

      Reply
      • Solaris601

        4 years ago

        He was out for the vast majority of 2016 after giving us a taste of his potential in 2015.

        Reply
  8. sufferfortribe

    4 years ago

    “Anderson will return to the place where he first broke.”

    Stop. Print.

    Reply
    • stubby66

      4 years ago

      Hey didn’t you guys forget about Mulder too

      Reply
      • mgrap84

        4 years ago

        Don’t forget about Hudson

        Reply
        • soxfan1

          4 years ago

          Damn you guys beat me to the punch

  9. soxfan1

    4 years ago

    Here comes Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder

    Reply
    • soxfan1

      4 years ago

      Almost forgot Rich Harden

      Reply
    • oaksbossko

      4 years ago

      Dana Eveland?

      Reply
  10. KingSall77

    4 years ago

    Anyone want to join an auction fantasy baseball league?

    Reply
    • roadapple

      4 years ago

      No.

      Reply
  11. xabial

    4 years ago

    Next Ben Sheets? Just kidding 😉 Good luck, Brett!

    Reply
  12. Tim704

    4 years ago

    Justin Duchscherer!!

    Reply
    • migg

      4 years ago

      I totally forgot him. Don’t even remember now what happened to him. He had good numbers in his las year.

      Reply
  13. em650r

    4 years ago

    This guy will sneeze and be on the DL

    Reply

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