Reports: Red Sox agree to deal with Beltre

The Boston Red Sox have a reached an agreement with free agent third baseman Adrian Beltre, according to multiple reports.

Terms of the deal remain unclear.

Beltre, 31, hit .265 with eight home runs in 449 at-bats with the Seattle Mariners last season.

Signing Beltre means the Red Sox likely would use Mike Lowell off the bench or trade him.