Rockies and Athletics Exchange Anderson for Pomeranz

Brett Anderson looking tough

The second biggest story of the Winter Meetings on Tuesday was the exchange of Brett Anderson for Drew Pomeranz and Chris Jensen. This trade is the even for both sides as Anderson is going to be 26 and has the potential to do so well, but is consistently injured and Pomeranz also going to be 26 has the same potential to do well, but has not showed it. Pitching in Colorado has its challenges as it yields more home runs than the average ballpark.

 Anderson has peaked at 175 innings pitched in a season which was his rookie year and has only pitched more than 100 innings pitched in his sophomore season. Anderson does hold an ERA of 3.81 over 450 innings pitched, so there is success in his career. Pomeranz has 136 innings pitched in his career and his lowest ERA is 4.93 in 2012 where he pitched 96 innings. Unlike Anderson, Pomeranz has found barely any success at the Major League level, perhaps joining a winning team and pitching in a bigger ballpark will help him. Anderson will have to stay healthy in order to help out the Rockies in 2013.