Bartolo Colon has agreed to a one year $3 million contract with Oakland Athletics which include potential performance business. The A's announced the agreement on Saturday. Colon was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone and will still have 5 games to serve out suspension.
"We wanted to bring him back... everybody, Bob (manager Melvin), me, everybody. We ended up with a very good rotation, a young and talented rotation. But we wanted to find a veteran guy. In Bartolo's case, based on the production, he was cost effective and good. It's pretty hard to find that type of pitcher at the cost on a short-term deal." -General Manager Billy Beane
