is boston that desperate or what.

snow is done, and boston gives him a 2 million dollar contract

BOSTON (AP) -- First baseman J.T. Snow and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract on Friday.

The deal was announced late Friday night after Snow passed a physical.

six-time Gold Glove winner from 1995-00, Snow spent the past nine seasons with San Francisco. He is likely to share playing time at first base with Kevin Youkilis in Boston.

The 37-year-old Snow is a career .268 hitter in 14 major league seasons with 189 homers and 873 RBIs. He has also played for the California Angels and New York Yankees.

Snow's best offensive season came in 1997, his first year with the Giants, when he hit .281 with 28 home runs and 104 RBIs. He helped San Francisco win the NL pennant in 2002 and batted .407 (11-for-27) with a homer, four RBIs and six runs scored in the World Series, which the Giants lost in seven games to the Angels.

Snow hit .275 with 17 doubles, four homers and 40 RBIs in 117 games last season. He batted .313 with runners in scoring position, including a .373 mark in those situations after July 2.

His deal with the Red Sox does not contain any provisions for performance bonuses.

AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.