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Orioles to sign Japanese RHP Uehara (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Japanese pitcher Koji Uehara and the Baltimore Orioles have reached a preliminary agreement on a two-year contract. The right-hander must pass a physical for the deal to be completed, Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail said Tuesday night. The 33-year-old Uehara would become the first native of Japan to play for Baltimore.