Roberts and Orioles settle, will work on extension

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Orioles agreed to terms with second baseman Brian Roberts on a one-year, $4.2 million contract.

 

Roberts asked for $4.6 million and was offered $3.8 million in arbitration. The two sides will keep working on a long-term deal expected to buy out Roberts' first year of free agency in 2009.