Married Raizbel ¡ has two sons: Dereck and Jairel...Joined a baseball academy in Venezuela, and at a showcase in 2018 at age 16, impressed scouts by throwing 19 strikes in 21 pitches.
2024
Spent most of his first season in the organization with Class AA Birmingham before appearing in six games with White Sox in September ¡ was acquired from San Diego as part of a five-player deal on 3/13...Was recalled from Birmingham on 9/1 ¡ made his MLB debut on 9/3 at Baltimore, allowing one run over 1.0 IP in relief ¡ struck out Colton Cowser for the first of his career...Welcome to the Show: Was one of 13 White Sox players to make his MLB debut in 2024, joining RHPs Jordan Leasure, Nick Nastrini, Jonathan Cannon, Drew Thorpe and Sean Burke, LHPs Fraser Ellard, Ky Bush and Jake Eder, INFs Brooks Baldwin and Bryan Ramos and OFs Zach DeLoach and Duke Ellis...Did not allow an earned run over his final five appearances (5.0 IP) of the season ¡ struck out two batters over 1.0 scoreless IP on 9/7 at Boston...Suffered his first loss on 9/18 at Los Angeles-AL, allowing a game-ending, RBI single to Jordyn Adams in the 10th inning...Pitched a scoreless eighth on 9/20 at San Diego and threw a career-high 2.0 IP in his final appearance on 9/26 vs. the Angels...Began the season with Birmingham, where he posted a 0.51 ERA (1 ER/17.2 IP) with 21 strikeouts over four starts in April...Struck out 11 batters over 6.2 IP on 5/14 vs. Chattanooga and a career-high 13 over 7.0 IP on 5/19 vs. the Lookouts...Started the Rickwood Classic on 6/18 vs. Montgomery ¡ suffered the loss after allowing five runs over 6.0 IP...Went 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA (10 ER/44.0 IP) and 38 strikeouts over his last eight starts from 7/20-8/29... Combined with LHP Garrett Schoenle on seven-inning no-hitter on 7/20-1 vs. Chattanooga ¡ started the game, throwing 5.0 scoreless IP...Made back-to-back scoreless starts on 8/18 vs. Tennessee (6.0 IP) and 8/23 vs. Biloxi (5.0 IP)...Preseason Rankings: No. 11 prospect in the White Sox organization (BA) and No. 17 in the system (MLB.com).
2023
Split the season between Fort Wayne (A) and San Antonio (AA), working primarily as a starter (21 starts in 27 total appearances)...he pitched to a 3.49 ERA (35 ER, 90.1 IP) while posting career bests in strikeouts (128), appearances (27), starts (21), opponents' average (.216) pitches thrown (1,563) and strikes thrown (969)...Fanned almost a third of opposing hitters but walked nearly 12 percent of batters faced (128 SO in 385 batters faced with 45 walks allowed). Began the season in FW, where he had a 3.10 ERA (21 ER, 61.0 IP) in 14 appearances (all starts)...he struck out 77 batters and allowed 28 walks. Was promoted to SA on July 14, and in 13 appearances (seven starts) at the Double-A level, he held opposing bats to a .198 clip...owned a 4.30 ERA (14 ER, 29.1 IP) with the Missions with 51 punchouts against 17 walks allowed Allowed just four home runs to the 385 batters he faced. On November 14, 2023, the Padres added Irarte to their 40-man roster, protecting him from the 2023 Rule 5 Draft...Finished the season ranked as the Padres' No. 6 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline.
