CHICAGO (AP) -- Reliever Octavio Dotel and the Chicago White Sox have agreed on an $11-million, two-year contract. They're hoping to bolster a bullpen that ranked among the majors' worst last season.

Dotel spent last year with Kansas City and Atlanta, but a shoulder injury limited him to only 33 appearances and 30 2-3 innings. The 34-year-old right-hander was shipped from the Royals to the Braves at the trading deadline and finished the season with a 2-and-1 record and 4.11 ERA.

Dotel had reconstructive elbow surgery in 2005 while with Oakland and pitched for the New York Yankees the following year. He has 82 career saves in nine major league seasons.

He's joining a bullpen that blew 23 saves, had a 19-and-25 record and an ERA of 5.49 in 2007.

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