Nationals, Marquis finalize 2-year deal

WASHINGTON (AP) - Free-agent pitcher Jason Marquis and the Washington Nationals have finalized a $15 million, two-year contract.

Marquis will receive $7.5 million in each of the next two seasons under Tuesday's deal.

The 31-year-old Marquis is a right-hander who went 15-13 with a 4.04 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 216 innings for the Colorado Rockies in 2009. He made the NL All-Star team last season, thanks to an 11-6 record and 3.65 ERA at that point. But Marquis fizzled down the stretch and wasn't part of the Rockies' postseason starting rotation.

Still, he brings the sort of veteran, innings-eating presence that Washington's starting rotation has been lacking.