SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A person with knowledge of the negotiations says left-handed reliever Javier Lopez has agreed to an $8.5 million, two-year contract to stay with the San Francisco Giants.
Lopez — one of baseball’s most reliable lefties out of the bullpen — had been set to become a free agent before receiving a new deal, confirmed to The Associated Press under the condition of anonymity because the team had yet to make a formal announcement. Lopez will earn $4.25 million in 2012 and ’13.
Lopez has gone 7-2 with a 2.38 ERA in 97 appearances since being acquired in a trade from Pittsburgh in 2010, one of general manager Brian Sabean’s key additions during the Giants’ improbable World Series championship run.
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AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this story.
