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Boston’s power-filled lineup is about to become even more powerful.
The Red Sox are close to signing former NL MVP Kevin Mitchell to a minor-league contract that will pay him $250,000 if he makes the team. He could earn $1.5 million more in performance bonuses.
Mitchell would be the fourth former MVP on the Red Sox, joining Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco and last year’s winner Mo Vaughn.
“We’ve just got a couple more `i’s’ to dot and `t’s’ to cross,” said Boston General Manager Dan Duquette.
Mitchell has 220 homers in 10 major-league seasons, including 47 in his MVP year of 1989. He played last season for Japan’s Fukuoka Hawks, hitting .300 with eight homers in 130 at-bats while feuding with management.
