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The two-year deal is worth $10 million,
according to multiple media reports. Smyly will get $3 million
in 2018 and $7 million in 2019, when he is expected to return to
action.
"Anything we get out of him next year will be sort of gravy,"
general manager Jed Hoyer said. "We'll rehab him and hopefully
get him back to exactly where he was."
Hoyer is hoping Smyly can pitch out of the bullpen at some point
in the 2018 season and then return to the rotation in 2019.
Smyly, 28, got hurt while with the Mariners in March after
pitching for the United States team in the World Baseball
Classic. He never ended up appearing in a game for Seattle.
In 156 games with the Detroit Tigers and the Tampa Bay Rays, he
has a career record of 31-27 along with two saves and a 3.74
ERA. Smyly went 7-12 with a 4.88 ERA in 30 starts for the Rays
in 2016.
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