Brett Anderson is one of the familiar faces striking a deal to return to the Brewers, earning a one-year $2.5 million contract last week.
Anderson adds overall depth, a veteran presence, and a lefthand to the rotation. The Brewers have many reasonable candidates for the starting rotation’s tail end, and Anderson is likely to find a home there. An entire spring training is ahead of opening day, but Milwaukee can reassemble the Woody / Burnes / Houser / Anderson / Lindblom rotation, which ranged from serviceable to inspired in 2020.
Anderson put up a solid yet unremarkable 2020, producing a 4.