Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Left-hander Justin Wilson and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a one-year, $2.25 million contract on Thursday.
Wilson can earn a further $750,000 in performance bonuses for games played: $150,000 each for 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60.
Boston also said it has hired Chris Holt as bullpen coach.
Wilson, a 37-year-old reliever, was 1-5 with a 5.59 ERA in 46 2/3 innings over 60 games for Cincinnati this yr, recording 51 strikeouts and 13 walks. He had a base salary of $1.5 million and earned $1 million in performance bonuses for reaching 60 games.
Due to an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery, Wilson was only in a position to make five appearances in 2022. He was scheduled to make his debut for Milwaukee on July 28, 2023, and suffered a season-ending lat injury while warming up within the bullpen.
Wilson, a 12-year big league veteran, is 34-29 with a 3.61 ERA and 20 saves for Pittsburgh (2012-14), the New York Yankees (2015, '21), Detroit (2016-17 ) and the Chicago Cubs (2017-18), the New York Mets (2019-20) and Cincinnati (2021-22, 2024).
Holt, 45, was Baltimore's pitching coach from 2021-23 and the Orioles' pitching director from 2020-24. He was a pitching coach within the Houston Astros' minor league system from 2014 to 2017 and have become assistant pitching coordinator in 2018.
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