GLENDALE, Ariz. — When Trevor Cahill was traded away from the A’s following the 2011 season, he was a 24-year-old pitcher still relying on guidance from his veteran superiors. In his return to Oakland, his role is now reversed.
Cahill, 30, returns to the club that originally drafted him in 2006 on a one-year, $1.5 million deal. He will look to help out a rotation full of young and inexperienced arms as a veteran in the clubhouse, a role he said he got to practice a bit last season with the Padres.
“I know they’re a younger staff.