The Brewers allowed Francisco Rodriguez to enter free agency last winter. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

The Brewers are calling on a former high-profile closer to shore up their leaking bullpen. The team announced the signing of right-handed reliever Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league deal.

Rodriguez could provide the Brewers another much needed late-inning option from the bullpen. The Brewers set-up and closer duties have been in flux with John Axford struggling and Jim Henderson trying to stabilize late-inning situations.

Rodriguez last pitched for the Brewers in the 2012 season, posting  a 3.65 ERA with just three saves in a season-and-a-half until the team let him leave via free agency. He came to the Brewers via a trade with the Mets during the 2011 season.

Francisco Rodriguez was arrested in September. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez was arrested in September for domestic violence and battery, but has not yet been charged a district attorney confirmed to TODAY’S TMJ4 Friday afternoon

Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel said the incident happened in the Town of Wales on September 17, and Rodriguez was arrested the next day.

Rodriguez has a history of family related violence. He was arrested in 2010 for assaulting his father-in-law in the New York Mets clubhouse.

The altercation occurred in the family lounge at Citi Field where relatives were waiting for players after the Mets’ 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. At one point, Rodriguez was outside the lounge yelling before security got him back in the clubhouse, the New York Daily News also reported.

Rodriguez blew up at reporters who tried to talk to him after the game but before he allegedly attacked his father-in-law, the New York Post reported.

The Brewers traded for Rodriguez during the 2011 season to be the team’s setup reliever. He finished the 2012 season with a 4.38 ERA, 72 strikeouts and 3 saves.

The New York Mets are interested in acquiring Milwaukee Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The New York Mets, currently sitting second in the National League East, are interested in trading for Milwaukee Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez, who was arrested at Citi Field while on the Mets in 2010, reports the New York Post‘s Ken Davidoff.

In that infamous incident, K-Rod was arrested after allegedly punching his father-in-law in the family lounge of the Mets’ clubhouse.

K-Rod’s nearly three seasons with New York were relatively solid on the mound but sometimes controversial off the field. In 2009, his first season with the team, Rodriguez and New York Yankees pitcher Brian Bruney had to be separated before a game in June. A month later, Rodriguez argued with Mets official Tony Bernazard on the team bus.

In May 2010, about three months before the incident with his father-in-law, Rodriguez argued with bullpen coach Randy Niemann while getting ready to enter a game.

Rodriguez pitched relatively well for the Mets, though he was never as dominant as he had been for the Angels. He had led the American League in saves three times while with Los Angeles. For the Mets, Rodriguez’s best season was 2010, when he went 4-2 with a 2.20 ERA and 25 saves.

The following summer, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers and excelled as the team’s set-up man. He has stayed in that role this season with less success. K-Rod is 1-4 with a 4.00 ERA in 39 appearances this season.

But he could still be valuable to the Mets as another veteran arm for the team as it tries to work its way into the postseason. New York’s bullpen has struggled and, as Davidoff noted, the low asking price for Rodriguez could make it a worthwhile risk for the Mets to take.