The contract will include $2 million in base salary and up to $2 million more in incentives

Sometimes, David Stearns does the predictable thing instead of coming out of nowhere with a crazy signing or trade.

This would be one of those times.

Ken Rosenthal reports the Brewers have signed left-hander Gio Gonzalez to a one-year, $2 million deal that could pay the veteran starter another $2 million in incentives.

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