BOSTON (AP) — Left-handed reliever Hideki Okajima and the Boston Red Sox have finalized a $1.75 million, one-year contract.
Okajima, who had become a free agent, will return to the Red Sox for a fifth year under Monday’s agreement.
Since signing in November 2006, Okajima is 16-8 with six saves and a 3.06 ERA in 254 relief appearances with the Red Sox. He struggled for much of last season, when he finished 4-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 56 games. But in his last 15 games he had a 1.30 ERA in 13 innings.
The 35-year-old has appeared in at least 50 games in each season with Boston.
