The Boston Red Sox avoided arbitration with pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez and agreed with the left-hander to a one-year, $8.3 million deal, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.
The deal is identical to the one the parties agreed to last year. Rodriguez, however, missed the entire season when he tested positive for COVID-19 then developed inflammation in a heart muscle as a side effect to the virus.
Rodriguez finally was cleared last month to resume a throwing program.
Rodriguez, 27, posted a 19-6 record with a 3.81 ERA in 2019 over 34 starts and finished sixth in American League Cy Young Award voting.
In five seasons, all with the Red Sox, Rodriguez is 51-31 with a 4.03 ERA in 127 appearances (122 starts). He has 707 strikeouts in 699 career innings.
