The Oakland A’s signed free agent pitcher Brett Anderson to a minor league contract, reports Susan Slusser of the S.F. Chronicle. Slusser had previously reported the team’s interest in Anderson last weekend, after they brought back another former A’s starter in Trevor Cahill. Slusser’s full writeup can be found here.
Anderson was acquired by the A’s back in late 2007, from Arizona in the Dan Haren blockbuster. He made his MLB debut with Oakland in 2009 at age 21 and held his own, making him look like a key building block in a new young core.