2023-11-25 19:25:15
The Cuban pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Johan Oviedo, delivered terrible news for the 2024 MLB campaign. It should be noted that a few weeks ago it was announced that Johan Oviedo continued to have health problems despite the treatment he had undergone. This news will put management to work looking for solutions.
Johan Oviedo found the consistency that he sought so much since he arrived in MLB. In 2020 he debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals, with 2021 and 2022 being when he would be most active with 14 starts per year. He was traded in the middle of 2022 to the Pittsburgh Pirates and in 2023 he established himself as one of the team’s starters.
Born in Havana, Johan Oviedo will now have to undergo a fairly common surgery for pitchers. This will mean that he will not be active by 2024.
Johan Oviedo to surgery
The insider Francys Romero reported that Johan Oviedo will have to undergo surgery Tommy John. He reported that it will be in the next few days when the Cuban enters the operating room.
A beginnings of November the insider of the “buccaneer troop”, Jason Mackey wrote for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Johan Oviedo had problems with his right arm and elbow. Even, Ben Cherington, Team Manager, had informed regarding the team’s priorities, the openers being one of them. The loss of Oviedo would reinforce this need.
«Corrective measures are still being discussed and the tommy john surgery is among the possible results«Mackey wrote at the time.
Oviedo had a very active 2023 with 32 starts. In his four years in MLB I had never recorded more than 15 departures. In 2021 he had 13 with St. Louis, while in 2022 he had one more with the Redbirds (including 14 reliefs) and seven when he was traded to Pittsburgh. He notably raised his numbers in 2023.
He closed with a record of nine wins and 14 losses in his full season in the Major Leagues. There were 177.2 innings in which he pitched. He will now have to think regarding his recovery, since it is practically a fact that he will return to activity until 2025. He allowed 85 earned runs and had 158 strikeouts.
After this news, the Pirates depth chart now has JT BrubakerMitch Keller (rotation leader), Bailey Falter y Quinn Priest as potential starters for 2024 waiting for new arms to arrive.
The lack of flexibility in the payroll will force the Pirates management to find a quality arm capable of replacing Oviedo as he returns to activity. Of course, Tommy John surgery also means a major break in a pitcher’s activities. Only time will tell how well Johan Oviedo returns.
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