"A hard-throwing 6'1″ righty, Zulueta has pitched briefly in the majors with Cincinnati in each of the past two seasons. He's totaled just 22 1/3 innings and been tagged for an unsightly 5.32 earned run average but has some more encouraging underlying traits. Zulueta averaged a blistering 98.1 mph with his four-seamer this past season and has fanned 24.8% of his opponents in the majors and kept a hearty 54% of batted balls against him on the ground."
"Zulueta has a solid Triple-A track record, including 60 1/3 frames of 3.78 ERA ball in 2025. He punched out more than 31% of opponents with Louisville in 2025 but also issued walks at a near 13% clip and plunked another two percent of the batters he faced (five of the 250). In parts of four Triple-A campaigns, the Cuban-born righty has a 3.74 ERA, 27.5% strikeout rate and 14% walk rate."
The Cincinnati Reds designated right-hander Yosver Zulueta for assignment to clear a 40-man roster spot for Pierce Johnson, whose one-year deal is official. Zulueta has 22 1/3 major-league innings with a 5.32 ERA, a 24.8% strikeout rate, a 54% ground-ball rate, but concerning 8.4% swinging-strike, 25.4% chase, and 10.9% walk rates. He has a strong Triple-A résumé, including a 3.78 ERA in 60 1/3 innings in 2025, a 27.5–31% strikeout rate in Triple-A, but a high walk rate near 13–14%. He retains a minor-league option year and could draw trade or waiver interest as a low-risk bullpen arm.
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