While it’s not the big move everyone is expecting from Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein at the Baseball Winter Meetings, the Red Sox have signed reliever Scott Atchison to a 1 year deal worth $420,000.
According to Dan Roche of WBZ in Boston, the deal also includes two club options.
Atchison had signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox back in 2008 but they sold his contract to the Hanshin Tigers in Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan).
In 42 games for the Tigers in 2008, he was 7-6 with a 3.70 ERA and 18 holds. In 75 games in 2009, Atchison was 5-3 with a 1.70 ERA and 30 holds.
He has appeared in 53 games over parts of three MLB seasons with the Seattle Mariners and San Francisco Giants. He has a career MLB record of 2-3 with a 4.10 ERA.
