ST. PETERSBURG, Florida: Right-hander reliever Naoyuki Uwasawa will receive a $25,000 signing bonus as part of his minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, who must pay a release fee of $6,250 to the Pacific League's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.

If added to the Rays' 40-man major league roster, Uwasawa would get a $2.5-million salary while in the major leagues and a $225,000 salary while assigned to the minors. He could earn an additional $900,000 in performance bonuses for innings in the major leagues under the agreement announced Thursday: $100,000 for 80 innings and each additional 10 through 160.