Austin Voth
Voth with the Washington Nationals in 2018
Seattle Mariners
Pitcher
Born: (1992-06-26) June 26, 1992
Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 14, 2018, for the Washington Nationals
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Win–loss record15–14
Earned run average4.90
Strikeouts282
Teams

Austin Lee Voth (/ˈvoʊθ/ VOHTH;[1] born June 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Voth was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He has previously played in MLB for the Nationals and Baltimore Orioles.

Career

College

After graduating from Kentwood High School,[2] Voth played college baseball at the University of Washington for the Huskies from 2011 to 2013. In 2011 and 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star in 2011.[3][4]

Professional career

Minor leagues

Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals drafted Voth in the fifth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.[5][6] He made his professional debut that season with the Gulf Coast League Nationals in the rookie-league-level Gulf Coast League. That season, the Gulf Coast League Nationals finished their regular season with a record of 49-9 and an .845 winning percentage, the highest winning percentage for a full regular season ever achieved by a minor-league baseball team based in the United States.[7] The Nationals then won all three of their playoff games, defeating the Gulf Coast League Pirates in a single-game semifinal playoff and sweeping the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in the best-of-three league championship series, to become the 2013 Gulf Coast League champions.[8][9] Voth's contribution to the championship season was to appear in two games, starting both of them, giving up four hits but no runs or walks and striking out four in five innings of work.[10] During 2013, Voth also spent time with the Low–A Auburn Doubledays in the New York-Penn League and the Single–A Hagerstown Suns in the South Atlantic League.[11][12] Voth finished 2013 with a 1.75 ERA over 11 starts with 55 strikeouts in 46+1⁄3 innings.[10]

Voth returned to Hagerstown to start the 2014 season. He was promoted to the High–A Potomac Nationals in the Carolina League in June 2014 and then to the Double–A Harrisburg Senators in the Eastern League in July 2014.[13][14] Voth spent 2015 with Harrisburg and for the 2016 season was promoted to the Triple–A Syracuse Chiefs in the International League.[10] The Nationals added Voth to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season, in which he posted a 3.15 ERA in 157 innings for Syracuse.[15] In the fall of 2016, he played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League.[10] The Washington Post described him as "on the doorstep of the Nationals' rotation" during preseason spring training in 2017.[1]

However, Voth suffered a setback in 2017 when his velocity dropped sharply and his fastball fell into the mid-80s (mph), leading to a poor season in which he pitched to an overall ERA of 5.94 in 13 games with Syracuse (6.38 ERA), 10 with Harrisburg (5.13 ERA), and one with Auburn in which he gave up four hits, a walk, and three runs in two innings of work.[10][16][17] After peaking at eighth in the MLB Pipeline biannual ranking of prospects in the Washington Nationals system before the 2017 season, Voth was not ranked in Pipeline's top 30 in advance of the 2018 season.[18]

2018

After undergoing strength training during the 2017-2018 offseason,[16] Voth's fastball velocity rose to as high as 93 miles per hour (150 km/h).[16] The improvement helped him get off to a strong start in the 2018 season with the Syracuse Chiefs; he started four games, posting a 0.96 ERA in 182⁄3 innings of work,[16] striking out 22 and walking only two,[16] and combining with three relievers to throw a no-hitter in a seven-inning game on April 18, 2018,[19] and his strikeouts-per-nine-innings for Syracuse rose from 5.7 in 2017 to 10.06 in 2018.[16] On April 29, the Nationals called Voth up to the major leagues for the first time, inserting him into their bullpen mix to deepen it a day after manager Dave Martinez was forced to use eight pitchers, including his entire bullpen, in an extra-inning game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.[20] Voth did not appear in the April 29 game against Arizona, however, and on April 30 the Nationals called up reliever Wander Suero from Syracuse to reinforce the bullpen and optioned Voth back to Syracuse without a major-league appearance, Martinez explaining that the Nationals wanted Voth to continue to gain experience as a starter by pitching once every five days in Class AAA games as part of the Chiefs′ starting rotation.[21] On June 18, when during the afternoon the Nationals completed a game against the New York Yankees that had been suspended due to rain on May 15 after 5+1⁄2 innings and during the evening played a make-up game against the Yankees for a May 16 rainout, the Nationals again called Voth up, but they optioned back to Syracuse on June 19, again without him seeing any action.[22]

Voth made his major league debut at last on July 14, 2018, at Citi Field against the New York Mets. He gave up three runs after a succession of singles against him in the second inning, then appeared to recover before running out of steam in the fifth inning, in which he allowed four more runs before being lifted from the game. He took the loss as the Nationals were unable to recover from the seven-run deficit.[23] He was optioned back to Syracuse the next day.[24]

In 2018 he was 1–1 with a 6.57 ERA in four games (two starts).[25]

2019

In 2019 he was 2–1 with a 3.30 ERA in nine games (eight starts), in which he struck out 44 batters in 43+2⁄3 innings.[25] The Nationals finished the year 93–69, clinching a wild card spot. The team eventually went on to win the World Series over the Houston Astros, their first championship in franchise history. Voth was not part in any postseason action but still won his first world championship.[26]

2020

In the shortened 2020 season, Voth was 2–5 with a 6.34 ERA in 11 starts while striking out 44 batters and walking 18 in 49+2⁄3 innings.

2021

On June 6, 2021, Voth was called to start a bullpen game against the Philadelphia Phillies. He lasted into the third inning, at which point he suffered a broken nose after being hit by a pitch from Phillies starter Vince Velasquez.[27]

2022

After allowing 21 earned runs in 18+2⁄3 innings for a 10.13 ERA in 19 relief appearances to start the 2022 season,[28] Voth was designated for assignment on May 31. [29] He started 22 of 92 games and had a 9–8 record with a 5.70 ERA in parts of five seasons with the Nationals.

Baltimore Orioles

On June 7, 2022, Voth was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.[28]

In 2023, Voth posted a 4.94 ERA across 23 appearances for Baltimore before he was placed on the injured list with right elbow discomfort on June 14, 2023.[30] He was transferred to the 60–day injured list on August 7.[31] On August 23, Voth was activated from the injured list.[32] On September 3, Voth was designated for assignment by Baltimore.[33] He cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to the Triple–A Norfolk Tides on September 5.[34] In Game 2 of the International League championship series, Voth recorded eight straight strikeouts as part of a twelve strikeout, four inning scoreless appearance that helped lead Norfolk to victory.[35] Voth elected free agency on October 11.[36]

Seattle Mariners

On January 17, 2024, Voth signed a one-year, $1.25 million contract with the Seattle Mariners.[37]

References

  1. 1 2 Castillo, Jorge (March 11, 2017). "Introducing Austin Voth, now on the doorstep of the Nationals' rotation - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kentwood High grad Voth makes MLB debut". 16 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "#31 Austin Voth - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "#31 Austin Voth - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nats take Washington pitcher Voth to cap fifth round". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  6. ↑ Voth Drafted By Nationals In 5th Round Of MLB Draft
  7. ↑ Wagner, James, "Nationals GCL Team Sets a Minor League Record," washingtonpost.com, August 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ DiPietro, Lou, "Baby Bombers 2013 Playoff Log: One and Done for the GCL Yankees," yesnetwork.com, August 30, 2013
  9. ↑ Dykstra, Sam, "Nationals capture GCL championship," September 1, 2013
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Baseball Reference: Austin Voth
  11. ↑ Jake Johansen, Austin Voth are bright spots for Nats affiliate Auburn
  12. ↑ Cathcart on Voth's opponents: "Looked like they were swinging underwater"
  13. ↑ Nationals prospect Austin Voth gets on the fast track
  14. ↑ Voth puts on another show for P-Nats
  15. ↑ Janes, Chelsea (November 18, 2016). "Austin Voth, Rafael Bautista among five additions to Nationals 40-man roster". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Castillo, Jorge, "Nationals recall Austin Voth, option Austin Adams," washingtonpost.com, April 29, 2018, 1:00 p.m. EDT.
  17. ↑ Erickson, Luke (August 30, 2017). "Luke Erickson: Who they gonna call?". MASN Sports. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  18. ↑ "MLB Pipeline releases new #Nats prospect rankings!". TalkNats. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  19. ↑ "4 pitchers hurl 7-inning no-hitter for Syracuse Chiefs". The Tribune. April 18, 2018. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  20. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (April 29, 2018). "Washington Nationals call up Austin Voth; option Austin L. Adams to Triple-A Syracuse". Federal Baseball. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  21. ↑ Castillo, Jorge, "Nationals recall Wander Suero, option Austin Voth a day after call-up," washingtonpost.com, April 30, 2018, 6:06 p.m. EDT.
  22. ↑ "National Roster and Staff June 2018 Retrieved June 19, 2018". MLB.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  23. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (July 15, 2018). "Nationals' starter Austin Voth takes loss in MLB debut, gets advice from Max Scherzer". Federal Baseball. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Nationals' Trevor Gott: Promoted from Triple-A". CBS Sports. July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  25. 1 2 "Austin Voth Stats".
  26. ↑ "Washington Nationals win 2019 World Series". MLB. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  27. ↑ Cooney, Kevin (June 6, 2021). "Netting collapses, Phils beat Nats; Voth HBP, broken nose". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  28. 1 2 "Orioles claim RHP Austin Voth off waivers from Nationals," Reuters, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  29. ↑ Dougherty, Jesse. "Why the Nationals’ Austin Voth experiment lasted as long as it did," The Washington Post, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  30. ↑ "Orioles' Austin Voth: Shelved with elbow discomfort". cbssports.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  31. ↑ "Orioles' Austin Voth: Shifts to 60-day IL". cbssports.com. 7 August 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  32. ↑ "Reliever Austin Voth Returning to Baltimore Orioles After 2 Months on Injured List". si.com. 23 August 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Orioles' Austin Voth: DFA'd by O's". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  34. ↑ "Orioles' Austin Voth: Accepts outright assignment". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  35. ↑ "2023 International League playoffs coverage". milb.com. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  36. ↑ "Transactions".
  37. ↑ Twitter. https://x.com/byrobertmurray/status/1747663241227218944. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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