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Austin Voth Signs With NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines

By Nick Deeds | February 9, 2025 at 8:29pm CDT

The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball announced today that they’ve signed right-hander Austin Voth (h/t Yakyu Cosmopolitan). Voth is expected to pitch out of the rotation for the Marines.

Voth, 33 in June, was a fifth-round pick by the Nationals back in 2013. He started his career with the Nats in 2018 but struggled with the club throughout his time in Washington. Despite a solid 2019 season where he pitched in 43 2/3 innings of 3.30 ERA (137 ERA+) ball backed up by a solid 3.79 FIP, he was never so much as league average for the rest of his time in D.C. before being shipped out to Baltimore partway through the 2022 campaign. Overall, Voth finished his Nationals career with a 5.70 ERA (75 ERA+) and a 5.12 FIP despite a fairly solid 22.1% strikeout rate.

Upon joining the Orioles, Voth managed to turn things around somewhat. He was quickly installed in the Baltimore rotation for the second half of 2022, making 17 starts and five relief appearances that totaled 83 innings. It was a strong performance as he struck out 20.7% of opponents while walking 7.2% en route to a 3.04 ERA (129 ERA+) and 3.96 FIP. That quality production at the back of the rotation helped to lift the Orioles to their first winning record since 2016 and all but guaranteed the righty a roster spot in Baltimore the following year. Unfortunately, Voth’s numbers took a nosedive in 2023 when he moved back to the bullpen, with a brutal 5.19 ERA (79 ERA+) in 34 2/3 innings of work. Voth’s peripherals largely matched that performance as well; his 21.3% strikeout rate was mostly stagnant as compared to the year prior, but Voth’s walk rate jumped to 9.3% and he gave up a whopping six homers in 25 relief outings.

The right-hander was outrighted off the club’s roster in September of 2023 and elected free agency following the season. He signed with the Mariners on a one-year, big league deal that guaranteed him $1.25MM and was a key part of the club’s bullpen mix throughout the 2024 season. After previously working as a starter and long reliever throughout his career, Voth was used almost exclusively in short relief by the Mariners to decent results. He posted a league average 3.69 ERA in 61 innings of work as his strikeout rate ticked up to 24.6% against a 7.3% walk rate, though home runs continued to be an issue for the righty.

Now that he’s headed to Japan, Voth figures to slot into the Marines’ rotation after the club parted ways with Roki Sasaki via the posting system last month. The Marines surely aren’t relying on Voth to replicate the production of their departing 23-year-old phenom, but his addition should offer them quality back-of-the-rotation innings nonetheless. Should the 32-year-old find success in NPB as a rotation piece this year, it’s certainly within the realm of possibility he could return to stateside ball in hopes of establishing himself as a starter in the majors as well.

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17 Comments

  1. Roidville Slugger

    8 months ago

    This Super Bowl has me scouring the news for NPB signings…

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  2. MacGromit

    8 months ago

    China filling the void left by Roki with Austin Voth. Good stuff. He actually was quite the find the 1st season he was with the Orioles, I wish him all the best. Hope he succeeds there and maybe gets another shot at the MLB too. Seemed like a really good guy.

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    • Ham Fighter

      8 months ago

      It’s Japan you dope

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      • cecildawg

        8 months ago

        What ever you mut.

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      • proton

        8 months ago

        Hambonehead that was uncalled for. There are some reasons to make the mistake so I will fix it for you. It is Japan not that openly communist poop hole China. Absolutely no reason to attack the person that made the error. If you are going to attack them at least make it more aggressive such as “It is Japan you Lilly livered nimcompoop.” Or “it is Japan you lazy idiotic shiet head. “ you get the idea if you are going that route go hard or do t go at all.

        This post was meant to be humor as poor of a job as it was. I apologize if I hurt anyone’s feelings. If I did you might want to find a different medium to express misguided or erroneous posts. This was a pretty easy one to fix.

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        • chrisjaybecker

          8 months ago

          I’M openly Communist…Workers of the World… Unite!

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        • Ham Fighter

          8 months ago

          Cry harder

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      8 months ago

      Meh. China, Japan, Tampa, it’s all the same. Far east!

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      • Old York

        8 months ago

        @Dumpster Divin Theo

        There’s a few places in SE Asia called Tampa, so I’ll assume it’s in Asia.

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  3. Niekro floater

    8 months ago

    Traveling half way round world to country whose language u don’t understand n your replacing Japanese pitching God, Roki. Good luck Voth.

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  4. Dumpster Divin Theo

    8 months ago

    Does Austin wear all black and sway to the Cure? He’ll be warmly received by some subcultures in Japan.

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      8 months ago

      I bet he’s into Bauhaus too.

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  5. Reynaldo's

    8 months ago

    Wouldn’t ever believe he has a negative WAR in ’24; he was reliable enough for high leverage situations.

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  6. James Midway

    8 months ago

    Worst ownership group in NPB

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  7. ayrbhoy

    8 months ago

    Austin Voth probably quadrupled his salary with.this contract. Good for him

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  8. dclivejazz

    8 months ago

    I had the misfortune to attend Voth’s debut as a Nat against the Mets at Citifield, during which he was pounded. He is consistently inconsistent. That probably will not change no matter where he goes.

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