"In former Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson's new role as special assistant to executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette, his duties will include mostly player development and conditioning tasks.

Duquette said on a conference call Thursday that Anderson's role with the team will be different from former Phillies general manager Lee Thomas, who shares the same title but handles more of an assistant general manager role under Duquette. The Orioles announced their hiring of Anderson, an Orioles Hall of Famer, on Thursday afternoon.

"He can help us in the areas he's really passionate about," Duquette said of Anderson, "and those areas are player development and fitness. Those are two areas where we're going to leverage Brady's passion and leadership to help us develop. He's a good baseball man, and we're glad to have him.""