"He called me and asked me if I'd be interested, and I said absolutely, and we had a long talk and discussions started from there," Holland said. "I just knew the people here that I'd be working with. I got to speak to [manager] Buddy [Black], Jeff, Fostie, [bullpen coach Darren Holmes]. I was very comfortable with them, and I thought they'd put me in a good situation to succeed."
"And the roster itself, I felt was very good, so that's where the interest level lied."
Holland -- who signed a one-year deal worth $7 million, according to an MLB.