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Good reliever and fellow Rhode Islander. Welcome Dan.We've confirmed that Dan Wheeler has agreed to a one-year deal worth $3 million that includes a vesting option for 2012 if he makes 65 appearances. If he gets up to 75 games he'll earn another $250,000.
Wheeler will likely be Boston's top middle reliever who will likely be used ahead of the seventh-inning Bobby Jenks, but could be used later depending upon the situation. Tampa Bay had hoped to keep Wheeler, who is a native Rhode Islander.
All that's left to get a lefty in the pen.
-Boston Globe