"The D-backs are closing in on a one-year deal with free-agent reliever Takashi Saito, a baseball source confirmed Monday.

Saito, 41, was 4-2 with a 2.03 ERA for the Brewers this past season while being limited to 30 games with oblique and calf issues.

In six seasons, the Japanese-born right-hander has a 2.18 ERA and 84 saves. He had a career-best 39 saves with the Dodgers in 2007. "