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Former Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson has a new home, reportedly coming to terms with the Cubs on a one-year contract, per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
The deal is worth $3.5 million with incentives that could take the total up to $10 million, per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. The deal is pending a physical, which given Anderson’s injury history is no small feat.
Wheels up to Chicago...I bet it's cold there.
— Brett Anderson (@BrettAnderson35) January 23, 2017
Anderson was plagued by injuries in 2016, limited to just four games and three starts after missing nearly five months after surgery to repair a bulging disc in his back. The left-hander also missed time with a mild left wrist sprain as well as a blister on his left hand.
When he did pitch, Anderson posted an 11.91 ERA, allowing 15 runs on 25 hits in 11⅓ innings.
Anderson made $15.8 million in 2016, one of the first trio to accept a qualifying offer in the four years of the format. Anderson was coming off a strong one-year deal in 2015, betting on himself then posting career highs in starts (31) and innings (180), his first healthy season in years.
Rather than join a flooded pitching free agent market — eight pitchers signed deals worth at least $70 million last winter — Anderson chose to bet on himself one more time, with a much weaker pitching market looming this offseason.
Anderson turns 29 in February.
He is the sixth of the Dodgers’ nine major league free agents to sign a 2017 contract, including the Dodgers re-signing Rich Hill, Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen. A seventh free agent to sign elsewhere was Louis Coleman, who inked a minor league deal with Cincinnati after getting non-tendered by the Dodgers on Dec. 2.
Joe Blanton, J.P. Howell and Chase Utley remain free agents.
Dodgers 2016-2017 free agents
Pos | Player | 2017 team | Contract |
---|---|---|---|
Pos | Player | 2017 team | Contract |
CL | Kenley Jansen | Dodgers | 5 years, $80 million |
3B | Justin Turner | Dodgers | 4 years, $64 million |
OF | Josh Reddick | Astros | 4 years, $52 million |
LHP | Rich Hill | Dodgers | 3 years, $48 million |
RHP | Jesse Chavez | Angels | 1 year, $5.75 million |
RHP | Joe Blanton | Nationals | 1 year, $4 million* |
SP | Brett Anderson | Cubs | 1 year, $3.5 million |
LHP | J.P. Howell | Jays | 1 year, $3 million |
2B | Chase Utley | Dodgers | 1 year, $2 million |
RHP | Louis Coleman | Reds | minor league deal |