FILE — Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Cole Irvin throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 29, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. The Baltimore Orioles acquired Irvin from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, along with minor league right-hander Kyle Virbitsky for minor league infielder Darell Hernaiz. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
FILE — Baltimore Orioles pitcher Austin Voth delivers against the New York Yankees in the third inning of a baseball game on Oct. 1, 2022, in New York. Voth avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Orioles, agreeing Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, to a $1.85 million, one-year contract. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
FILE — Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Cole Irvin throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 29, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. The Baltimore Orioles acquired Irvin from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, along with minor league right-hander Kyle Virbitsky for minor league infielder Darell Hernaiz. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
FILE — Baltimore Orioles pitcher Austin Voth delivers against the New York Yankees in the third inning of a baseball game on Oct. 1, 2022, in New York. Voth avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Orioles, agreeing Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, to a $1.85 million, one-year contract. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles acquired left-hander Cole Irvin from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday along with minor league right-hander Kyle Virbitsky for minor league infielder Darell Hernaiz.
Oakland had already dealt catcher Sean Murphy to the Braves this offseason after last year’s trade-heavy winter sending away several stars: Matt Olson to Atlanta, Matt Chapman to Toronto and Chris Bassitt to the Mets.
The 28-year-old Irvin went 9-13 with a career-best 3.98 ERA over 30 starts for the last-place A’s, who lost 102 games in manager Mark Kotsay’s first season.
Hernaiz is a shortstop prospect who reached Double-A last season.
The Orioles have been pretty quiet this offseason, but they’ve tried to add some starting pitching to a roster that includes catcher Adley Rutschman and top infield prospect Gunnar Henderson. Baltimore improved from 52 wins to 83 last year, and the Orioles also made themselves a much more palatable destination for pitchers after moving back the wall in left field at Camden Yards.
Baltimore finished 17th in the major leagues in ERA in 2022 after ranking dead last the previous year. The Orioles signed right-hander Kyle Gibson to a one-year deal earlier this offseason. They also have two of the game’s top pitching prospects in Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall.
Voth, Orioles avoid arbitration, agree at $1.85 million
Right-hander Austin Voth avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Baltimore Orioles, agreeing Thursday to a $1.85 million, one-year contract.
Voth’s deal includes a $2.45 million team option for 2024 that can escalate by up to $500,000 based on starts this year: $100,000 for 12 and each additional three through 24.
His 2023 salary is at the midpoint between the $2 million he had asked for and the $1.7 million offered by the Orioles when proposed arbitration salaries were exchanged on Jan. 13.
The 30-year-old Voth was 5-4 with a 3.04 ERA in 17 starts and five relief appearances for the Orioles last season, striking out 72 and walking 25 in 83 innings.
Selected by Washington in the fifth round of the 2013 amateur draft, he made his major league debut with the Nationals in 2018. Baltimore claimed Voth off waivers last June 7 after he started with a 10.13 ERA over 19 relief appearances.
Voth earned $875,000 last year, when he was eligible for arbitration for the first time.
He was the last player to reach a deal among six Orioles eligible to arbitration, following outfielders Anthony Santander ($7.4 million), Cedric Mullins ($4.1 million) and Austin Hays ($3.2 million), shortstop Jorge Mateo ($2 million) and right-hander Dillon Tate ($1.5 million).
Thirty-one players remain scheduled for hearings, which start Monday.
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