ORIOLES INK UEHARA TO $10 MILLION DEAL

The Baltimore Orioles have come to terms with Japanese right-handed pitcher Koji Uehara on a two-year contract for $10 million with incentives, according to the Baltimore Sun.


The 33-year-old Uehara filed for free agency after the 2008 season, his tenth with the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo. In his Japanese career, Uehara was 112-62 with 33 saves and a 3.01 ERA for the Giants. The Baltimore paper says the Orioles “not only want Uehara in the starting rotation, but are penciling him in as their number two starter behind Jeremy Guthrie.”