The New York Yankees, who had the second-worst earned-run average in baseball last season, agreed Tuesday to a $5.7-million, three-year contract with free agent Pascual Perez.
Perez, 32, who started spring training in drug rehabilitation, was 9-13 with a 3.31 earned-run average in 33 games with the Montreal Expos. In 198 1/3 innings, he struck out 152 and walked 45.
