The Diamondbacks struck out with Randy Wolf, but they apparently were a hit with Jon Garland.
According to multiple media reports, Garland and the D-backs have agreed to a one-year deal with a club option for 2010. Arizona had made Garland another offer earlier this winter, and he had rejected it.
The same happened recently with Wolf, who passed on a one-year contract offer.
The D-backs also courted Wolf after the 2006 season, before he signed a one-year, $7.5 million contract with the Dodgers, a figure Arizona did not want to reach because of injury concerns following Wolf's 2006 season in Philadelphia.
Garland figures to join a rotation that already has four locked-in members -- Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Doug Davis and Max Scherzer.
Garland declined salary arbitration from the Angels after making $12 million last season despite the fact that would have made at least $9.6 million in arbitration, since players can receive at worst a 20 percent pay cut from the previous year. His deal with Arizona, according to media reports, is somewhere in the $6 million to $8 million range.
Wolf's 2007 deal with Los Angeles included an $8 million option with a $500,000 buyout. The Dodgers failed to exercise the option, but the sides came together on a $4.75 million contract in 2008. Before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline last summer, the Dodgers traded Wolf to Houston, where he was 6-2 with a 3.57 ERA in 12 starts.
