A's Re-Sign Justin Duchscherer For One Year

Christmas has come early for Oakland A's fans as pitcher Justin Duchscherer has re-signed with the club for one-year to be in the team's starting rotation:

It appears that Justin Duchscherer has re-signed witJh the A's, with a deal that can reach up to $5.5 million with incentives.  I've always loved Duke, from the time he was one of the most dominant set-up men in baseball to his incredible job as the ace of the A's staff.  Duchscherer is going to be a great fit with the A's young staff.  The A's rotation of Duchscherer, Dallas Braden, Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez or Vin Mazzaro becomes pretty damn formidable.

Duchscherer, 31, missed the entire 2009 season due to elbow surgery in spring training. He was also diagnosed with depression later in the year.

He pitched his first full season as a starter in 2008 for the A's, winning 10 games with a 2.54 earned run average. His WHIP was a measly 0.99 in 141 innings of work in '08.