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Source: Pitching-thin Brewers add Gio Gonzalez

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The pitching-thin Milwaukee Brewers have agreed with veteran left-hander Gio Gonzalez on a one-year, $2 million deal, according to ESPN and multiple reports.

The deal also includes $2 million in performance bonuses, according to the reports.

Gonzalez also spent the final month of last season with the Brewers, who acquired the two-time All-Star in an Aug. 31 trade with the Washington Nationals.

Gonzalez signed a minor league deal with the Yankees earlier this season but was released by New York on Monday after spending a month in the minors.

Gonzalez, 33, returns to a Milwaukee team that enters play Wednesday with a 5.34 team ERA, the worst in the National League. The Brewers are also without injured starters Freddy Peralta and Jimmy Nelson.

Gonzalez went 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA in five starts with the Brewers last season. He was 10-11 overall with a 4.21 ERA in 32 starts with Milwaukee and Washington.

ESPN's Jeff Passan contributed to this report.

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