Aroldis Chapman might throw heat, but he comes with baggage. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow talked about it recently.

The Boston Red Sox have signed hard-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman to a $10.75 million, one-year contract. The team announced the deal on Tuesday. Chapman gives the Red Sox a potential closer, with incumbent Kenley Jansen on the free agent market.

While the Yankees were celebrating winning the Max Fried “tug-of-war” – MLB insider Ken Rosenthal’s words – with the Red Sox and Blue Jays on Tuesday evening, Boston made their own pitching announcement: The signing of hard-throwing former Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman to a one-year,