Red Sox, Ogando agree to 1-year deal

The next chapter of Alexi Ogando's career will take place in Boston.

The 31-year-old right-hander agreed Friday to a one-year, $1.5-million deal with the Red Sox, the team announced.

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal is reporting Ogando can earn another $1.5 million through performance bonuses.

Ogando, however, has required five separate trips to the disabled list over the last three seasons and he'll have to pass a physical before a deal is finalized.

Ogando spent the last five seasons with the Texas Rangers, rotating between the rotation and bullpen with considerable success before struggling mightily in 2014. The 6-foot-4 hurler crafted a career-worst 6.84 ERA with a 1.92 WHIP over 27 relief appearances last season, logging just 25 innings while posting an ugly 12.3 percent walk rate.

Ogando will presumably provide help in middle relief in 2015 behind a late-inning relief corps comprised of Koji Uehara, Junichi Tazawa and Edward Mujica.

The Red Sox designated left-hander Drake Britton to make room on the 40-man roster for Ogando.