"The 27-year-old Oviedo is a 6'6 right-hander who has been a capable back-end starter since the Pirates acquired him at the 2022 trade deadline. He'd been a swingman with the Cardinals for his first couple seasons but has stepped into a full-time rotation role for the Bucs. Oviedo took the ball 32 times and ranked second on the team with 177 2/3 innings in 2023. He posted a 4.31 earned run average with slightly worse than average strikeout and walk rates."
"While Oviedo stayed healthy throughout the '23 season, he reported elbow soreness at year's end. That proved a precursor to Tommy John surgery that wiped out his 2024 campaign. Oviedo had a shot to return for the start of '25 but suffered a lat strain while building up early in Spring Training. He was shut down for a few months and didn't make his season debut until the beginning of August. He took the ball nine times down the stretch, turning in a 3.57 ERA over 40 1/3 innings."
The Red Sox and Pirates completed a five-player trade sending starter Johan Oviedo and minor leaguers Tyler Samaniego and Adonys Guzman to Boston in exchange for outfield prospect Jhostynxon Garcia and pitching prospect Jesus Travieso. Oviedo is a 27-year-old 6'6 right-hander who moved from a swingman role with the Cardinals into a full-time rotation role for Pittsburgh, making 32 starts and logging 177 2/3 innings in 2023 with a 4.31 ERA and slightly below-average strikeout and walk rates. Oviedo reported elbow soreness at the end of 2023, underwent Tommy John surgery that wiped out 2024, then suffered a lat strain in spring 2025 and returned in August, producing a 3.57 ERA across 40 1/3 innings down the stretch.
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