How's this deal sound to you?
A team signs a 34-year-old pitcher with a lot of wear and tear in his arm -- and the rest of his body -- to a two-year, $10 million contract.
And in a little over a year with his new club, the pitcher goes on the disabled list three times. In fact, he can't even start his second season with the team because he's back on the DL.
Think the team isn't kicking itself? Think it doesn't have visions of 10 million bucks being flushed down the toilet every time it sees this pitcher limp into the trainer's room?
Welcome to the Koji Uehara Story, now playing in Sarasota, a real horror story for the Orioles if you want to know the truth.
Now he's sidelined with a strained left hamstring that has him out of the lineup until . . . well, who knows? Good-bye season opener, that's for sure.
Privately, club officials wonder if Koji is really as brittle as he seems and whether he exaggerates the extent of his injuries.
Not that there's a whole lot they can do about it now.
He hasn't pitched since March 18. And when he'll pitch again is anybody's guess, which means the club is scrambling for another right-hander for the bullpen.
You wonder how this long, frustrating saga will end for both Koji and the Orioles.
Not well, I'm guessing -- at least not for the O's.