According to Fernando Ballesteros of PuroBeisbol.com, the San Francisco Giants have signed veteran pitcher Elmer Dessens to a Minor League deal. Oscar Suarez, Dessens agent confirmed PuroBeisbol.com’s report regarding the signing of the right-handed pitcher.  Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports adds that Dessens will make $600,000 if he makes the team.

“An advantage is that Elmer [Dessens] has his house in Phoenix, where the Giants have their Spring Training facility,” said Suarez.

Late in January,  we learned that Dessens wanted to pitch in 2011. He was willing to re-sign with the Mets on a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training, but the Mets told him they were not interested. “They said, ‘We’re going in another direction.”

Dessens, 40, was 4-2 with a 2.30 ERA in 53 games last season with the Mets.