Pirates Daily: The Johan Oviedo Experiment Begins

Pittsburgh Pirates (49-81) play Toronto Blue Jays (70-59) at PNC Park on Friday at 6:35 p.m.

The Pirates lost two out of three games to the Brewers in Milwaukee. The game will air on AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh and 93.7 The Fan.

Johan Oviedo was traded to the Pirates on August 1. He was playing for Triple-A Indianapolis and had a 0.79 ERA in 11.1 innings. Ovies is a right-hander with four-seam, slider and changeup.

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Kevin Newman is batting .303/.333/.410 in 122 at-bats in the last month.

Ke’Bryan Hayes has struggled in his last month's worth of games. Johan Oviedo has yet to go more than 3.2 innings in a major league career.

Johan Oviedo has a good start to his career as a starter and a bad record as an reliever. He has yet to go more than 3.2 innings in a game.