Right-handed pitcher Andy Sonnanstine and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a contract for the 2012 season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Sonnanstine, who turns 29 in March, has spent the last five seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays. He has been used as both a starter and reliever.

Sonnanstine has a 28-31 record and 5.26 ERA in his major-league career.

He spent 2011 with both the Rays and their Triple-A team Durham. Sonnanstine went 0-2 with a 5.55 ERA in 15 major-league apperances.

Sonnanstine began his Rays career by making 71 consecutive starts before pitching mostly out of the bullpen the last two seasons.