
The Orioles have signed free-agent Ty Wigginton to a two-year contract, according to a major-league source.
Wigginton hit .285 with 23 home runs and 58 RBIs with the Astros last season.
Wigginton likely will serve as a right-handed hitting first baseman and DH, replacing free agent Kevin Millar.
He also will back up Melvin Mora at third base.
His flexibility -- along with that of Ryan Freel, whom the Orioles acquired earlier this off-season -- creates additional options both in the team's lineup and in the field.
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