Ellsbury agrees to deal with Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox and outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury agreed Tuesday to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract worth $8.05 million, avoiding salary arbitration.

Ellsbury, who played in just 18 games in 2010, was the American League Comeback Player of the Year in '11 and finished second in the AL MVP voting. He batted.321 with career highs of 46 doubles, 32 home runs, 119 runs, 105 RBIs and 52 walks in 158 games. He led the majors with 364 total bases and 83 extra-base hits.

"Happy to get a deal worked out!" Ellsbury wrote on Twitter. "Excited to get to Spring Training and help the (hash)RedSox get back on top!!"

Selected by the Red Sox in the first round of the 2005 draft, Ellsbury has a .301 career average, and made the All-Star team last season. Even as the Red Sox collapsed in September, going just 7-20 to finish one game behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL wild-card race, Ellsbury finished strong with a .358 average, eight homers and 21 RBIs over the month.

Mike Aviles also agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.2 million after making $640,000 last year. The 30-year-old Aviles was acquired from Kansas City on July 30, and hit .317 in 38 games. He played third base, shortstop, second base, right and left field.

The Red Sox, who never had an arbitration case during Theo Epstein's tenure as general manager, have four potential arbitration cases remaining: David Ortiz, Daniel Bard, Alfredo Aceves and Andrew Bailey.

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