Red Sox, Tavarez agree to two-year, $6.7 million deal

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BOSTON -- Julian Tavarez and the Red Sox reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday on a $6.7 million, two-year contract as Boston added another newcomer to its rebuilt bullpen.

Julian Tavarez

Relief Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals Profile

2005 SEASON STATISTICS GM W L BB K ERA 74 2 3 19 47 3.43

The reliever must pass a physical for the deal to be finalized, a person familiar with the negotiations said, speaking on condition of anonymity because Boston has not yet announced the agreement. The physical is likely to take place Thursday.

Tavarez, a 32-year-old right-hander, gets a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $3.1 million in each of the next two seasons. The agreement also includes a club option for 2008 of $3.85 million. That option would become guaranteed if Tavarez appears in a total of 125 games in the next two seasons or 65 games in 2007.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press

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