12:02pm: A tweet from MLB.com's Brian McTaggart: "Astros sign Pedro Feliz." The Astros' Alyson Footer confirms, and says the contract is worth $4.5MM.
11:53am: The Astros are close to signing Pedro Feliz to a one-year deal worth about $4MM, writes ESPN's Enrique Rojas. Rojas notes that the Twins and Orioles also showed interest. For the Astros, that's more than $10MM in 2010 contracts added by the Astros during the Winter Meetings, with Matt Lindstrom and Brandon Lyon plugged into to the bullpen. Perhaps the club had a little more to spend than we thought.
Feliz, 35 in April, hit .266/.308/.386 in 625 plate appearances for the Phillies this year. He continued to play above-average defense, based on UZR/150. The Phils bought out Feliz's $5MM club option in November, preferring to sign Placido Polanco instead.
