Ben Sheets and the A’s come to terms on a $10 million, one-year contract, making the free-agent right-hander the team’s second-highest paid player behind third baseman Eric Chavez. The 31 year-old, recovering from elbow surgery that caused him to miss all of last season, compiled an 86-83 record along with a 3.72 ERA in his first eight seasons in the major leagues, all with Milwaukee.

On January 26, 2010 — Ben Sheets and the Oakland A’s come to terms on a $10 million, one-year contract, making the free-agent right-hander the team’s second-highest-paid player behind third baseman Eric Chavez. The 31-year-old, recovering from elbow surgery that caused him to miss all of last season, compiled an 86-83 record along with a 3.72 ERA in his first eight seasons in the major leagues, all with Milwaukee.

He will struggle to go 4-9 with Oakland in 2010 and after missing all of 2011, finish his career going 4-4 for the 2012 Atlanta Braves.

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