We will never know just how the Pittsburgh Pirates originally planed on utilizing Johan Oviedo heading into the season.
Set to be on the outside looking in when it comes to the rotation, the options were either use him as a swing-man of sorts out the major league bullpen, or send him to Triple-A to stay stretched out as a starter.
With JT Brubaker heading to the Injured List to begin the season, that conversation became moot, as Oviedo will slide into his place as one of the five starting pitchers.
As we saw in his last tune-up before the season started, Oviedo has a fastball that can push the upper-90s, but a lot like fellow starter Luis Ortiz, didn’t have a great track record of generate swings and misses with the pitch, despite the velocity.