In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 file photo, Boston Red Sox's Mitch Moreland is greeted in the dugout after his home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. First baseman Mitch Moreland is staying with the Boston Red Sox, agreeing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 to a one-year contract that guarantees $3 million. Moreland gets a $2.5 million salary this year, and Boston has a $3 million team option for 2021 with a $500,000 buyout.(AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)

BOSTON (AP) — First baseman Mitch Moreland is staying with the Boston Red Sox, agreeing Tuesday to a one-year contract that guarantees $3 million.

Moreland gets a $2.5 million salary this year, and Boston has a $3 million team option for 2021 with a $500,000 buyout.

The 34-year-old hit .252 with 19 homers and 58 RBIs in 91 games last year, going on the injured list for a strained lower back and a strained right quadriceps. He batted .297 with six homers from Aug. 9 through the end of the season.

He was an All-Star in 2018, when he hit .245 with 16 homers and 68 RBIs for the World Series champion Red Sox. He had a pinch three-run homer off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ryan Madson with two outs in the seventh inning of World Series Game 4, starting Boston’s comeback from a 4-0 deficit in a 9-6 win.

Moreland spent seven seasons with Texas before joining the Red Sox ahead of the 2017 season.

Right-hander Denyi Reyes was designated for assignment to open a roster spot.

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