ARLINGTON, Texas -- Free-agent pitchers Hideki Irabu and Bill Pulsipher agreed to terms with the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

Both have one-year deals with Triple-A Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League. Terms were not released.

Irabu, a right-hander, and Pulsipher, a left-hander, have also been invited to Rangers spring training in Florida as non-roster players.

Irabu made just 14 starts in his two seasons with the Montreal Expos due to injuries. This year he was 0-2, with a 4.86 ERA in three starts. He is pitching for Santurce in the Puerto Rican winter league.

Pulsipher had no record and a 6.00 ERA in 37 relief appearances with Boston and the Chicago White Sox in 2001.

Irabu was one of the most dominant pitchers in the Japanese Pacific League and was acquired by the San Diego Padres in 1997 before they agreed to a working agreement that sent him to the New York Yankees in a six-player deal.

Irabu made a highly anticipated debut at Yankee Stadium on July 10, 1997 and struck out nine in a 10-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. But he finished his first major league season with a 5-4 record and a 7.09 ERA.

The 32-year-old Irabu went 24-16 in 1998-99 with the Yankees before he was traded to the Montreal Expos on December 22, 1999. He went 2-5 with a 7.24 ERA in 11 starts in 2000. In 2001, Irabu was 0-2 with a 4.86 ERA in three starts and spent most of the season on the disabled list with elbow and knee injuries before Montreal released him on May 31.

Pulsipher was a second-round pick of the New York Mets in 1991 and showed great potential when he went 5-7 with a 3.98 ERA in his rookie year of 1995. But the left-hander suffered shoulder and elbow problems the following spring and missed all of 1996.

The 28-year-old Pulsipher has won just eight games since his rookie season and has a 5.13 ERA in 101 career games.