{"id":162800,"date":"2026-03-11T16:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=162800"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:59:33","slug":"red-sox-hurler-tabbed-for-breakout-season-after-trade-from-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=162800","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Hurler Tabbed for Breakout Season After Trade From Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden\" data-lead-image=\"true\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Sep 16, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A hat and glove belonging to Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jared Triolo (not pictured) on the field against the Chicago Cubs during the sixth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_84,w_2578,h_1450\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kkeb3ppkkpbddf3622.jpg\" alt=\"Sep 16, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A hat and glove belonging to Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jared Triolo (not pictured) on the field against the Chicago Cubs during the sixth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images\" width=\"2578\" height=\"1450\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-grey font-group-tiny\" data-lead-image=\"true\">Sep 16, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A hat and glove belonging to Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jared Triolo (not pictured) on the field against the Chicago Cubs during the sixth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">A lot of new faces joined the Boston Red Sox in spring training this year, and some of them will need to step up in a major way to get this team back to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Ranger Su\u00e1rez and Sonny Gray have gotten most of the attention on the pitchers&#8217; side, while Willson Contreras and Caleb Durbin were the marquee names of the new position players. But one ESPN expert believes the newcomer with the best chance arrived in a December trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">That player is, of course, righty Johan Oviedo, who Boston gave up top outfield prospect Jhostynxon Garcia to acquire for the final two years of his arbitration eligibility.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\"><em>If you like our content,\u00a0<\/em>choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">How good can Johan Oviedo be?<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_51,w_5167,h_2906\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kkebjkbrs7rtyngp5e.jpg\" alt=\"Oviedo\" \/>Mar 2, 2026; Dunedin, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Johan Oviedo (29) looks on in the dugout during the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images | Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">On Wednesday, ESPN&#8217;s Kiley McDaniel named Oviedo as his &#8220;breakout player&#8221; for the Red Sox this year, and claimed there was a solid chance that the 27-year-old would outperform his projected No. 5 spot in the rotation, which would set Boston&#8217;s group up to torment opposing lineups.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">&#8220;Oviedo was acquired from the Pirates in the offseason\u00a0Jhostynxon Garcia\u00a0trade and is slated to start the season in the Boston rotation,&#8221; wrote McDaniel.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">&#8220;With top prospects\u00a0Payton Tolle\u00a0and\u00a0Connelly Early\u00a0in Triple-A waiting for a spot, Oviedo will need to perform. He has a very good chance to be a reliable No. 3\/No. 4 starter, which is a notch or two better than most are expecting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">We&#8217;re still learning what Oviedo&#8217;s arsenal truly looks like in his first full season after Tommy John surgery. His fastball had much better carry through the zone in his 40 2\/3 innings for the Pirates last year than it did in 2023, and it&#8217;s flashed that same carry at times in spring training.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">The odds of Oviedo winning the No. 5 job probably don&#8217;t need to be questioned much anymore, assuming the big righty stays healthy for his last spring training tune-ups.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">From here on out, it&#8217;s about hitting the ground running from day one of the regular season, and if Oviedo does that, the Red Sox could legitimately have the best rotation in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 16, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A hat and glove belonging to Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jared Triolo (not pictured) on the field against the Chicago Cubs&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox Hurler Tabbed for Breakout Season After Trade From Pirates - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=162800\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox Hurler Tabbed for Breakout Season After Trade From Pirates - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sep 16, 2025; 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