http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10549490/baltimore-orioles-sign-johan-santana-one-year-deal

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The Baltimore Orioles have signed free-agent pitcher Johan Santana to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, the team announced Tuesday.

Johan Santana
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Johan Santana, who has a 139-78 career record, last pitched for the New York Mets in 2012.
The 34-year-old left-hander became a free agent after completing a $137.5 million, six-year contract with the New York Mets, who declined a $25 million option and paid a $5.5 million buyout.

Santana, a two-time Cy Young Award winner who had a 139-78 record with a 3.20 ERA in 12 seasons with Minnesota and the Mets, missed the 2011 season following shoulder surgery on Sept. 14, 2010, returned to pitch the Mets' first no-hitter on June 1, 2012, then missed last season after an operation on April 2.

From 2004 to 2010, Santana led the majors in ERA (2.87) and strikeouts (1,479) and tied for second with 110 wins.

"In the past he was one of the best," Orioles slugger Chris Davis said Monday. "Hopefully he can regain his form and be a help for us. There are some things you can't coach and experience is one of those things, and he definitely brings that to the table."

Santana was at Baltimore's training complex Monday, and he posed for a photo with young pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who sent it out on Instagram.

The left-hander threw for the Orioles and several other teams last week in Fort Myers, Fla.

Not sure how i feel about this one. If he can regain his form from years ago, we could have a dominant 1-2-3 with Tillman, Jimenez and Santana.

johan topped off on the gun at 81 mph recently

orioles might bring up both Bundy and Gausman up this season

Behind Chris Tillman and Ubaldo Jimenez, Wei Yin Chen, Miguel Gonzalez and Bud Norris are reasonably secure at this point in the starting rotation

britton right behind if injury

o's def looking better than last year. another year of Reimold tho lol <

edit: Eduardo Rodriguez? kid might be filthy eventually

Suk-Min Yoon? weird name lol. but might contribute in some way

I know, they resigned Reimold who's been injured every single year but they couldnt bring back Nate McClouth, disgusting.

Eh, not a bad lottery ticket signing. He did still show some signs of elite-level pitching while on the Mets, even pretty recently before he got hurt (no hitter and all), so there's still hope there if he can stay healthy.