The Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized their contract agreement with Kenta Maeda.

The Japanese pitcher's incentive-laden deal could be worth $106.2 million if he stays healthy. That's a risk the Dodgers are willing to take despite knowing he has elbow issues.

Maeda, 27, and the Dodgers acknowledged that his physical revealed unspecified "irregularities." Maeda said he's confident he will be able to pitch a full season in the Major Leagues.

"Despite the fact there were some irregularities found, the Dodgers made a decision to make a long-term commitment to me and that was meaningful to me," Maeda said through a translator.

Maeda and Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers' president of baseball operations, declined to get specific.

"It factored into the contract, but the fact that he's asymptomatic and pitched as recently as six weeks ago gives us as much confidence as we can have at this point," Friedman said afterward. "We're optimistic he's going to help us win a lot of games over a lot of years."