According to Ken Rosenthal the Red Sox have signed reliever Scott Atchison. He has spent the past two years in Japan after posting a 4.10 ERA in 68 IP between the Mariners and Giants from 2004-2007. He has a fastball, slider and curve according to Pitch f/x. He also throws a small amount of changeups.

His K/BB was impressive at 2.80 and some of his struggles were in part to a .323 BABIP. He also had some poor outcomes on HR/FB which stands at 14.7% and is due to regress. At worst he seems like a league average reliever. He did impressed in Japan posting a 1.70 ERA in 90 innings according to NPBtracker.com.

The deal is for one year with two club options. Depending on the money this seems like a great low risk move with a possibility for a solid return.

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