Colon gets minor league contract from Boston

The Boston Red Sox came to terms Monday on a minor league contract with right-hander Bartolo Colon, 34, the 2005 American League Cy Young Award winner who last pitched Feb. 6 in the Caribbean World Series.

The team’s medical staff will evaluate the 2005 American League Cy Young Award winner and two-time All-Star, who was 7-13 with a 5.72 earned-run average while slowed by shoulder and elbow injuries the last two seasons with the Angels.

If Colon is added to Boston’s 40-man roster, he would get a $1.2-million, one-year contract and have the chance to earn performance and roster bonuses.

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Colorado Manager Clint Hurdle announced that left-hander Jeff Francis will be the Rockies’ opening-day starter March 31 at St. Louis.

Francis was 17-9 with a 4.22 ERA last year.

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Chicago Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa traveled to Chicago to see a cardiologist after being hospitalized for a rapid heartbeat experienced during fielding drills over the weekend.

The Cubs said DeRosa’s irregular heartbeat was not life threatening.

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Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to sit out three to six weeks.

Lidge caught a spike in the mound while throwing batting practice Saturday.

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Texas Rangers right-hander Kevin Millwood was scratched from his first spring start, Friday against the Angels, because of a right hamstring injury.

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The Rangers hired former manager Jerry Narron as a consultant.

Narron, who managed Cincinnati for two years before being fired in July, will be a scout and fill other roles in the baseball operations department.