{"id":106043,"date":"2025-08-19T18:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=106043"},"modified":"2025-08-19T18:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:27:02","slug":"johan-oviedo-rejoins-pirates-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/08\/19\/johan-oviedo-rejoins-pirates-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Pitcher to Rejoin Pirates Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates will activate starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/oviedjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johan Oviedo<\/a> for Wednesday\u2019s game against the Toronto Blue Jays at PNC Park. Sharp-eyed Colin Beazley of the <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em> was first to notice and report that Oviedo had a locker in the Pirates clubhouse. The corresponding move will be announced once Oviedo is added to the active roster.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91114\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-91114\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirates made several roster move post-deadline, including reinstating Ryan Borucki from the injured list.\" width=\"492\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_21239150_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aug 20, 2023; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Ryan Borucki (43) throws a pitch against the Minnesota Twins during the third inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beazley also reports that pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/borucry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Borucki<\/a> has been released, and pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lawreju01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Lawrence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mayzati01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Mayza<\/a> (remember them?) will begin rehab assignments at Single-A Bradenton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RHP Johan Oviedo has a locker in the Pirates clubhouse at PNC Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Beazley (@colin_beazley) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colin_beazley\/status\/1957871752006033682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pirates LHP Ryan Borucki has cleared waivers and been released.<\/p>\n<p>In injury news, LHP Tim Mayza and RHP Justin Lawrence will begin rehab assignments at Low-A Bradenton tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Beazley (@colin_beazley) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colin_beazley\/status\/1957902012991041598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Johan Oviedo to Rejoin Pirates Again<\/h2>\n<p>The Pirates obtained Oviedo from the St. Louis Cardinals in a 2022 trade deadline deal that saw pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quintjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Quintana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stratch01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Stratton<\/a> head to St. Louis. Oviedo then joined the Pirates that September and stayed there through 2023. Across those two seasons, he was 11-16 with a 4.15 ERA and 1.358 WHIP. His best start as a Pirate was his complete game, two-hit shutout in Kansas City on August 28, 2023. Unfortunately, Tommy John surgery the following December caused him to miss all of 2024. He strained a lat muscle during spring training last March and was placed on the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n<p>Wait a minute \u2013 didn\u2019t I just write all this stuff recently? In fact, I did two weeks ago, when Oviedo completed his rehab assignment and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/08\/04\/pirates-designate-cabrera-for-assignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">joined<\/a> the Pirates to make his first major league start since 2023 at home against the San Francisco Giants. That night, he lasted just one inning, surrendering two earned runs on two hits and three walks, throwing 43 pitches. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/08\/05\/pirates-daily-roster-move-sanders-oviedo\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">sent back<\/a> to Triple-A Indianapolis without any public explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates must have liked the reports they got on Oviedo\u2019s two starts since his return to Indy. In those starts combined, he pitched 8 2\/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits, two of which were home runs, and three walks while striking out 15.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, Oviedo walks into a hornet\u2019s nest because the Pirates have demoted veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/heanean01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Heaney<\/a> to a bullpen role. It&#8217;s Heaney whom Oviedo will be replacing in the rotation. This sparked a ludicrous controversy in the local media when they discovered that Heaney had bonuses based on innings pitched. They see his demotion as part of a diabolical plot to keep him from earning his bonuses. To them, it has nothing to do with the fact that in his last 10 starts, Heaney has lasted 40 2\/3 innings and has an 8.19 ERA, largely caused by coughing up 13 home runs. This is clearly a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/08\/08\/pirates-face-decision-veteran-andrew-heaney\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">performance issue<\/a>. But it won\u2019t stop the media from stirring the pot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates will activate starting pitcher Johan Oviedo for Wednesday\u2019s game against the Toronto Blue Jays at PNC Park. Sharp-eyed Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was first to notice and report that Oviedo had a locker in the Pirates clubhouse. The corresponding move will be announced once Oviedo is added to the active [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5010,"featured_media":105568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1071,35],"tags":[4903,4891,6342,953,5901],"class_list":["post-106043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pirates","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andrew-heaney","tag-johan-oviedo","tag-justin-lawrence","tag-ryan-borucki","tag-tim-mayza"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106043"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106054,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106043\/revisions\/106054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}