Orioles' Chris Tillman: Avoids arbitration with Orioles

Tillman and the Orioles avoided arbitration with a one-year, $10.05 million deal Friday, Dan Connolly of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.

Tillman will be rewarded with a raise of nearly $4 million after one of the stronger seasons of his career, registering a 3.77 ERA and 140 strikeouts in 172 innings during 2016. This will be the 28-year-old's final round of arbitration, with him potentially hitting free agency next offseason.