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Duke signs 1-year deal with the O's

According to MLB.com

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110130&content_id=16534394&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

The deal is worth $700k, but Duke can make as much as $4.5 mil with incentives. Apparently the opportunity to continue being a starter and being on the east coast closer to his son made Baltimore very appealing to him. That's a shame. I would have loved to see Duchscherer back in green and gold. In fact, I'd be much happier if we'd signed Duke instead of Harden to compete for the 5th starter spot. I wish the best of luck to him.