[外電] Orioles reach multi-year agreement wit
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The Baltimore Sun 巴爾的摩太陽報
The Orioles have agreed to terms on a three-year deal with 26-year-old
Taiwanese left-hander Wei-yin Chen, giving them a second pitcher from Japan's
professional baseball league to pencil into their projected 2012 rotation.
The contract, which could be announced as early as Tuesday, is worth between
$11 million and $12 million total -- or, on average, slightly under $4
million per season, according to an industry source.
The Orioles already have signed 30-year-old Japanese lefty Tsuyoshi Wada to a
two-year, $8.15 million deal in December and nearly agreed with Korean
reliever Chong Tae-Hyun on a two-year deal before he decided to stay in his
home country.
The signings are part of new executive vice president Dan Duquette's plan to
expand the club's reach worldwide -- Chen would become the first Taiwan
native to play for the Orioles and Chong would have been the first Korean.
The Baltimore Sun first reported that the Orioles had serious interest in
Chen as early as November, but Duquette downplayed the negotiations, saying
during Wada's introductory news conference in December that he didn't know
much about Chen. Duquette does not talk about signings until they are
official.
But Chen apparently was near the top of the Orioles' radar since the club
scouted him in Japan in September, knowing he likely would be coming to the
United States as a free agent. Because he was considered a foreign player,
Chen negotiated the length of his contract in Japan's Nippon Baseball League
and was not subject to the posting process.
A six-foot, 180-pounder who uses four pitches including a low-90s fastball
and a mid-80s slider, Chen was 8-10 with a 2.68 ERA, 31 walks and 94
strikeouts in 164 2/3 innings last year for the Chunichi Dragons. In his pro
career, Chen is 36-30 with a 2.59 ERA and has struck out 520 batters while
walking 159 in 650 2/3 innings pitched. He led Japan's Central League in ERA
in 2009 with a 1.54 mark.
He is expected to join a crowded rotation that potentially includes four
other left-handers -- Wada, Zach Britton, Brian Matusz and Dana Eveland --
and right-handers Jeremy Guthrie, Tommy Hunter and Jake Arrieta, among others.
Eveland and possibly Wada could be moved to the bullpen while Matusz and
Britton may have to battle for their rotation spots. Since he took over as
manager in 2010, Buck Showalter has said he wanted to create an atmosphere in
Baltimore where players have to fight to make the big-league roster. That may
be the case with this year's rotation if the Orioles don't trade any of their
current starters.
When the Orioles announce the Chen signing, they'll have to remove someone
from their currently filled 40-man roster.
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