Southpaw Brett Anderson and the Milwaukee Brewers agree on a $ 2.5 million one-year contract, a source familiar with the deal said ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Anderson, 33, returns to the Brewers and could earn an additional $ 1 million in incentives.
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Anderson signed a one-year contract with Milwaukee in December 2019. He went 4 to 4 out of 11 appearances (10 matches) with an ERA of 4.21 out of 47 entries during the 2020 season shortened by the pandemic, losing the defeat of the Brewers on the wild-card series for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a recurring bubble problem.
Anderson suffered injuries throughout his 13-year career in the major league. He had back surgery for a herniated disc at the end of the 2014 season and again in 2016 for a bulging disc. He had Tommy John’s surgery in 2011 and lost time with an oblique strain and a broken finger.
During the 2019 season, he went 13-9 with an ERA of 3.89 in 31 games with the Oakland Athletics. Despite posting the lowest strikeout rate of any qualifier in baseball (only 12.1% of batters battled), he boasted 2.7 bWAR (Baseball Reference wins over substitution) thanks to a low walking rate and the third best ball rate on the ground among beginners.
For his career, Anderson is 63-65 years old with an ERA of 4.06 and 714 eliminations in 186 matches and 13 relief appearances for Athletics (2009-13, 2018-19), Colorado Rockies (2014), Dodgers (2015 -16), Chicago Cubs (2017), Toronto Blue Jays (2017) and Brewers (2020).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.