Phillies promote Drew Anderson from double-A to majors

The Phillies have promoted pitcher Drew Anderson to the majors, sending the righty up from double-A Reading.

Anderson, 23, has a 3.76 ERA with 78 strikeouts and 33 walks in 95.2 innings this season for Reading.

The Phils needed an arm with the Jeremy Hellickson and Joaquin Benoit trades, and they couldn’t call up Ricardo Pinto. Thus Anderson, who was already on the 40-man roster, gets the call.