The Red Sox 10 days ago signed the right-hander to a four-year contract extension worth $21.5 million.

The Red Sox signed him in 1997.

The Red Sox signed him in 1999.

The Red Sox signed him as a free agent last December, giving him a two-year contract for $4.5 million.

The Red Sox signed Kim to a two-year deal worth $10 million.

The Red Sox signed Wills in 1955 as a free agent.

The Red Sox signed Wallace as a free agent, but released him in spring training in 1997.

In October 1992 the Red Sox signed Dawson as a free agent.

The Red Sox recently signed him to a six-year contract for $75 million.

Gambling that he could return, the Red Sox signed him last year as a future performer.