Watson agreed to a one-year, $3.45 million contract with the Pirates on Friday, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

EDGE Analysis

Watson posted another phenomenal campaign in 2015, finishing with a sub-2.00 ERA for the second straight year while working in a setup role for closer Mark Melancon. With contract negotiations now behind him, the 30-year-old reliever can now turn his focuses to 2016, and he could be in line to take over the closer role should Melancon falter or suffer an injury of some kind.