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Johan Oviedo
B/T R/R · 6' 6" · 275 lb · born Havana, Cuba · age 28 · played P 1 · MLB debut 2020-08-19
Injured 60-Day · Right elbow strain.. (roster status, as of )
18 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A 6-foot-6, 275-pound right-hander from Havana, Oviedo has 324 strikeouts in 82 career big-league games, and at 28 he's now part of Boston's pitching staff.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $1.55M
- Tax hit
- $1.55M
- Service time
- 4 yr 78 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
The deal 1 year $1.6M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$1.55M (26) · agent CAA
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 3 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Boston Red Sox.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $1.55M
- Guaranteed
- $1.55M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Johan Oviedo
The scouting press, in their own words
Tanner Houck will pitch in a "bridge league game" tomorrow in Fort Myers. Johan Oviedo will throw another live BP down there this week. Garrett Crochet continues playing "mound catch" with "more intent" and hasn't yet thrown a bullpen.
Umpire favor
+0.2 net runs over 1 graded game — an even shake from the zone this season.
Biggest swings: +0.2
The line
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