BOSTON (AP) -Adrian Beltre and the Boston Red Sox have finalized a one-year contract that guarantees the third baseman $10 million.
Beltre gets $9 million this year, and the deal includes a $5 million player option for 2011 with a $1 million buyout. The option would escalate to $10 million if Beltre has 575 plate appearances this year.
The deal had been agreed to Tuesday subject to a physical.
A strong fielder, Beltre became a free agent after five seasons with the Seattle Mariners. He’ll take the third base job from Mike Lowell, who had thumb surgery late last month after a proposed trade to the Texas Rangers was derailed by the injury. The Red Sox are expected to continue trying to trade Lowell.
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