Red Sox, reliever Aroldis Chapman agree to $10.75M deal: Report originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Boston Red Sox have made their first serious move in MLB free agency.
The Red Sox have agreed to a one-year, $10.75 million contract with left-handed reliever Aroldis Chapman, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports. The completion of the deal is pending a physical, per Passan.
Boston brass insisted this offseason it would take action after missing the postseason for the third consecutive year, and it appears the team’s first step is addressing the bullpen.
Chapman, 36, posted a 3.79 ERA over 61.2 innings with the Pittsburgh Pirates last season. The Red Sox will be his fifth team in four years.
This article will be updated.