"Left-hander Brett Anderson could be back in the A's rotation by the end of the month, or very close to that, if he continues to make the kind of progress he did Wednesday. Anderson, who has been out with a forearm strain for more than three weeks, threw 41 pitches off the mound with a batter standing in the box, and everything went extremely well. Anderson said in a text that he threw all his pitches. The A's are planning to send Anderson out on a rehab assignment Monday. That means Oakland could look to slot him back into the rotation as early as May 29 at Detroit. If that happens, today's start could be a brief fill-in for rookie Tyson Ross, who is taking Justin Duchscherer's turn. Because of the off day Monday, the A's could skip Ross next time around and slot Anderson in for the fifth game of a five-game stretch." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/20/SPVI1DGN0P.DTL
