LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The trade for Brett Anderson is exactly the kind of deal the Colorado Rockies should be making -- rolling the dice on a pitcher with some upside, accepting the risk as the price they have to pay to get someone whose stuff and command could make a real difference pitching at Coors Field.

"Finding Brett Anderson" would actually make sense as a reality show on the Discovery Channel given how frequently he's been injured in his major league career. Banking on him for any kind of regular workload is risky, as he has qualified for the ERA title only once, in his rookie year in 2009, when he looked like an ace in the making.