Orioles sign 1-year, $2.3M deal with P Coulombe

BALTIMORE — Lefty Danny Curon and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a one-year, $2.3 million contract on Monday, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing.

Baltimore has a $4 million option for 2025, but the agreement does not include a buyout, and the option price could rise to $4,925,000 based on this year’s games: $100,000 for 50 games, 51-55 games per game $50,000, $55,000 per game for games 56-56. Age 60 and $60,000 apply respectively to ages 61-65.

The amount of his agreement was the middle of the $2.4 million he requested and the $2.2 million Baltimore offered in exchange for proposed arbitration salaries on Jan. 11.

The 34-year-old Cuarón went 5-3 with a 2.81 ERA in 61 relief appearances last year, striking out 58 and walking 12 in 51 1/3 innings.

Coulombe is a veteran of nine major league seasons who compiled a 15-9 record with a 3.69 ERA in 254 relief appearances with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2014-15). , Oakland Athletics (2015-18), Minnesota Twins (2015-18) and Minnesota Twins (2015-18). 2020-22) and the Orioles.

Baltimore still plans to sign right-hander Jacob Weber ($1 million vs. $925,000), outfielder Austin Hayes ($6.3 million vs. $5.85 million) and first baseman/outfielder Ryan O’Hearn ($3.8 million US dollars to US$3.2 million) held a hearing.

The Orioles previously reached agreements with outfielders Anthony Santander ($11.7 million) and Cedric Mullins ($6,325,000); first baseman Ryan Mountcastle ($4,137,000); Left-handers John Means ($3,325,000), Cole Irvin ($2 million) and Cionel Pérez ($1.2 million); right-hander Taylor · Tyler Wells ($1,962,500) and Dillon Tate ($1.5 million); and infielder Ramón Urías ($2.1 million).