PITTSBURGH - Right-hander Todd Ritchie returned to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday by agreeing to a minor-league contract that will be worth $350,000 if he pitches in the majors this season.

The deal includes $650,000 in performance bonuses that should be reachable if the 32-year-old Ritchie returns to Pittsburgh's rotation.

Ritchie was 35-32 with Pittsburgh from 1999-2001, including a 15-9 season in 1999, before being dealt to the White Sox with minor leaguer Lee Evans for right-handers Kip Wells, Josh Fogg and Sean Lowe. Wells and Fogg remain in Pittsburgh's rotation.

After being a major disappointment to the White Sox - he was 5-15 with a 6.06 ERA in 2002 - Ritchie started the Brewers' 2003 home opener but was sidelined shortly after that with a rotator cuff injury that required surgery.

Ritchie, 32, was limited to five appearances for Milwaukee that season and four for Tampa Bay in 2004, going 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in eight innings for the Devil Rays.

Pittsburgh also signed catcher-infielder Edwards Guzman, infielder Cesar Crespo and right-hander Kevin Olsen to minor league contracts.

Crespo began last season as the Red Sox's utility infielder, but was sent to the minors after hitting .165 in 52 games. Guzman is a career .228 hitter in 127 games with the Expos and Giants.

Olsen, while pitching for Florida, was struck in the face by a Todd Walker's line drive in Boston on June 27, 2003, and subsequently missed time with a concussion and vertigo. He returned to pitch in three games later that season, but was not invited to spring training last year before going 3-3 with a 4.37 ERA in 10 games for Triple-A Albuquerque.