Overview
- The panel of John Stout, Jeanne Charles and Samantha Tower selected the Orioles’ $2.975 million figure over Akin’s $3.375 million filing after a Friday hearing in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- The ruling ended a run of five straight player wins to start this arbitration cycle, leaving clubs 1–5 with additional cases still to be decided.
- Akin, 30, enters his walk year and can become a free agent after this season’s World Series.
- In 2025 he logged a 3.41 ERA with eight saves, 59 strikeouts and 33 walks across 63 1/3 innings, earning $1.475 million.
- Baltimore split its two hearings this winter after right-hander Kyle Bradish prevailed for $3.55 million over the Orioles’ $2.875 million offer.