Report: Phillies agree to 1-year, $7.5M deal with Benoit

OXON HILL, Md. - A person familiar with the negotiations says reliever Joaquin Benoit and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a $7.5-million, one-year contract.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Monday because the agreement had not yet been announced.

Benoit, a 39-year-old right-hander, has had an ERA under 3.00 for six of the past seven years. He was 3-1 with a 2.81 ERA last season, including a 0.38 ERA after the Toronto Blue Jays acquired him from Seattle on July 26 for reliever Drew Storen.