The Chicago Cubs signed right-handed pitcher Scott Feldman to a one-year contract, the team announced on Tuesday.

Feldman's deal is for $6 million with the chance to earn an additional $1 million in incentives, a major league source told ESPNChicago.com's Bruce Levine.

Feldman, 29, has spent parts of the past eight seasons with the Texas Rangers and went 6-11 with a 5.09 ERA in 21 starts last season.

Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said Feldman was signed to be a starter.

"I know he has bounced around a little bit with the Rangers, but in large part that was due to the amount of starting pitchers they had," Hoyer said. "We clearly see him as a starter, and we are excited to add him to the rotation."

After moving in and out of the rotation with the Rangers, Feldman is happy to get a starting shot with the Cubs.

"Starting is something I have always wanted to do during my career," Feldman said. "When (Cubs executives ) gave me the go ahead on that and let me know I was in their plans from the get-go it was something that made me very interested in coming (to the Cubs )."

Feldman's best season came in 2009, when he went 17-8 with a 4.08 ERA in 31 starts.

"That was a year where everything just started clicking for me," Feldman said. "For the first time in my career I was getting regular work in the starting rotation, and I got into a groove and got a lot of confidence getting out there every five days. Judging that season (2009 ) compared to this season I just feel like I am a better pitcher now even though the results were kind of a mixed bag for me last year. Confidence-wise and all my pitches, I believe I am able to do more now than I did in 2009."