LOS ANGELES — Starting pitcher Randy Wolf and the Los Angeles Dodgers reached a preliminary agreement on an $8 million, one-year contract, a baseball official with knowledge of the negotiations said Monday night.

The deal includes a $9 million option for 2008 that would become guaranteed if Wolf pitches 180 innings next season, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced. Wolf gets $7.5 million next year, and the Dodgers have a $500,000 buyout for 2008.

Wolf, who is from the Los Angeles area, spent much of last season recovering from elbow surgery with Philadelphia. The left-hander went 4-0 with a 5.56 ERA in 12 starts covering 56 2-3 innings after coming off the disabled list on July 31.

The 30-year-old Wolf was 69-60 in eight seasons with the Phillies, who selected him in the second round of the 1997 draft out of Pepperdine. The Dodgers drafted Wolf out of high school.

Wolf was a reliable starter for Philadelphia from 2000-03, winning 48 games and pitching at least 200 innings three times. But he began having elbow pain the following season and was limited to 136 2-3 innings, then started 13 games in 2005 before having ligament replacement surgery on his left elbow.