[外電] Japan's Uehara finalizes contract with Orioles

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BALTIMORE (AP)—Right-hander Koji Uehara finalized a $10 million, two-year
contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, making him the first
Japanese-born player in franchise history.

The 33-year-old Uehara, who agreed to terms last week, completed the contract
after passing a physical. He gets $5 million a year and could make more in
performance bonuses. If he makes 34 starts and pitches 200 innings in each
season, he would earn $16 million.

Baltimore also avoided arbitration with former closer Chris Ray, agreeing to an
$850,000, one-year deal.

Uehara comes to the Orioles after a 10-year run with the Yomiuri Giants of the
Japanese Central League. He went 112-62 with a 3.01 ERA, with 56 complete games
in 207 career starts.

He had 1,376 strikeouts and issued only 206 walks in 276 career games for the
Giants. His career average of eight strikeouts per nine innings would rank
seventh among qualifying active major league pitchers.

Uehara was the rookie of the year in 1999, and won Japan's equivalent of the Cy
Young Award in 1999 and 2002.

He went 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA for the champion Japanese team in the 2006 World
Baseball Classic, and helped Japan win the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics.

Ray, who turned 27 on Monday, missed the 2008 season while recovering from
right elbow ligament reconstruction surgery. The operation took place in August
2007.

Ray hopes to regain the closer's role. He led the Orioles with 33 saves in 2006
and had 16 saves in 2007 before the elbow injury ended his season.

George Sherrill served as the team's closer last season and was Baltimore's
lone representative on the AL All-Star team.

Ray is 10-13 with 49 saves and a 3.20 ERA over 145 career games.

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推 CalYang:金鶯接連簽下2位日本投手。
推 Liandh:2位?
推 MartinEden:只有上原吧！還是你連去年小聯盟那個誰都算進去了
推 MartinEden:印象中去年好像有簽一個小聯盟，但是不是很確定
推 kokora:請問諸位 簽上原是否有助於整個投手輪值？
→ kokora:上原其實年紀也不小 而且使用說明書上是否可以作SP用？
推 Liandh:上原本來是SP..只是讀賣巨人前幾年在傷後復出時把他放牛棚
推 Liandh:生涯的K9,BB9還有FIP都贏川上..但是近三年的K9 FIP應該是輸