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Orioles acquire right-hander Shintaro Fujinami from Athletics

The Oakland Athletics  traded right-hander Shintaro Fujinami to the Orioles for left-handed pitcher Easton Lucas.

Fujinami, who is 29, is 5-8 with an 8.57 earned-run average in 34 games with Oakland in his first year since coming to the U.S. from Japan. He has started seven times and has struck out 51 and walked 30 in 49 1/3 innings.

Over the last 30 days, he has a 1.46 ERA and 0.57 WHIP.

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Lucas, who was acquired from Miami in December 2019 in a trade for Jonathan Villar, is 1-0 with a 2.73 ERA in 20 games with Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk.

To make room for Fujinami on the 40-man roster, the Orioles designated utilityman Josh Lester for assignment. Lester hit .182 with four RBIs in 11 games last month.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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