Orioles activate Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami 2 days after trade with Oakland

ST. PETERSBURG,Fla (AP)– The AL East- leading Baltimore Orioles turned on Shintaro Fujinami prior to Friday evening’s video game at Tampa Bay, 2 days after obtaining the Japanese right-hander from Oakland for left-hander Easton Lucas.

Fujinami authorized a $3.25 million, 1 year bargain with the Athletics in January after costs one decade with the Hanshin Tigers.

The bargain has Fujinami going from the group with the most awful document in baseball to one with the AL’s leading mark.

The Oakland Athletics have actually traded right-hander Shintaro Fujinami to the …