BALTIMORE (TICKER) —The Baltimore Orioles added a promising young arm to their rotation Monday, acquiring lefthander Rich Hill from the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named. Hill, 28, struggled with his control last season after enjoying a breakthrough 2007 campaign in Chicago. The southpaw went 1-0 with a 4.12 ERA in just five starts, issuing 18 walks in 19 2/3 innings. But the 6-5 Hill figures to have an important role with the Orioles, who will enter the 2009 season with just two established veterans - Jeremy Guthrie and Mark Hendrickson - in their rotation. Hill went 11-8 with a 3.92 ERA in 2007, his first full season as a starter in Chicago. But the Boston native fell out of favor with Cubs manager Lou Piniella last season, when he failed to last longer than six innings in any of his five starts. Following a May 2 outing in which he allowed four walks in two-thirds of an inning, Hill was demoted to Class AAA Iowa and did not return to the majors for the rest of the season. Hill became expendable in Chicago this offseason after the Cubs acquired pitcher Aaron Heilman from the Seattle Mariners. Heilman figures to compete with Sean Marshall and Jeff Samardzija for the No. 5 spot in Chicago's rotation. --

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