Ubaldo Jimenez is headed to Baltimore to become an Oriole per multiple reports.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports and Roch Kubatko of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network reported the former Cleveland Indian will receive a four-year contract worth around $48 million from the Orioles with a physical still pending.
Source confirms #Orioles working on deal with Jimenez. Report from @masnRoch said deal could be $48M for four years.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 17, 2014
Source: #Orioles in agreement with Jimenez. Deal is pending physical.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 17, 2014
Jimenez, 30, started 74 games for the Indians over the past three seasons after being acquired in a midseason trade from the Colorado Rockies in 2011.
The right-hander was 26-30 for the Tribe with a 4.45 ERA, 399 strikeouts and 202 walks.
In eight major-league seasons, the native of the Dominican Republic is 82-75 with a 3.92 ERA.
