Ronald Uviedo
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Ronald Javier Uviedo
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 160 lb.
- Born October 7, 1986 in Calabozo, Guarico Venezuela
[edit] Biographical information
Ronald Uviedo pitched his 6th minor league season in 2009.
Uviedo was signed by the Seattle Mariners at age 16. He debuted in the Venezuelan Summer League in 2004, going 2-1 with a 5.81 ERA. Ronald improved to 4-3, 2.76 in his second VSL season, allowing only a .193 average. Let go by Seattle, he was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Uviedo debuted with the Bucco organization in 2006 with the VSL Pirates, going 2-0 with 11 saves and a 2.02 ERA. He led the VSL in saves and was named to the All-Star team. In 2007, he was 2-0 with 12 saves and a 3.92 ERA for the State College Spikes, fanning 26 in 20 2/3 IP; he also made brief appearances with the Hickory Crawdads and Lynchburg Hillcats. He was fifth in the New York-Penn League in saves and tied for 3rd among Pirate minor leaguers in saves.
The right-hander split 2008 between Hickory (3-1, 5 Sv, 3.01, 76 K in 71 2/3 IP) and Lynchburg (5 hits, 4 runs in 16 IP). He was 2-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 22 games that winter for the Leones del Caracas. Uviedo was 5-5 with 3 saves and a 3.36 ERA for the 2009 Lynchburg Hillcats; he was 0-1 with a 3.24 ERA on a rehab stint with the GCL Pirates. He returned to the Leones that winter.
He began 2010 with the Altoona Curve in the Pirates organization and did very well, going 0-2 with a 3.22 ERA and .165 opponent average after 16 games, with 28 strikeouts in 22 1/3 innings. On June 1, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dana Eveland, who had an ERA over 6 in the majors; the move was largely panned by Pirates fans. He is currently (June 2, 2010) on the Blue Jays' inactive roster.
