Red Sox, Greenwell Agree to 2-Year Deal

Mike Greenwell agreed to a two-year, $1.725-million contract with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, several hours after talks had seemingly collapsed in Winter Haven, Fla.

Greenwell will get $500,000 this year and $1.225 million in 1990. In addition, he will get a $100,000 bonus if he is voted the American League’s most valuable player, $75,000 for finishing second, and $50,000 for finishing third.

He earned $205,000 in base salary last year plus $100,000 in bonuses. In 1988, he batted .325 with 22 home runs and 119 runs batted in.

Greenwell, runner-up to Oakland’s Jose Canseco in the MVP voting last year, had earlier walked out on Boston General Manager Lou Gorman after a 39-minute meeting.

At the start of the day, Greenwell was asking for $1.9 million over two years and the Red Sox were offering $1.2 million.

Boston then offered $1.7 million and Greenwell asked for $100,000 more as a signing bonus. That’s when the outfielder walked out. Several hours later, Greenwell and his agent, Joe Sroba, returned.