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Osvaldo Bido
Osvaldo Bido
	Bido with the Indianapolis Indians in 2022
Athletics – No. 45
	Pitcher
	Born: October 18, 1995 (age 29); Los Hidalgos, Dominican Republic
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
	June 14, 2023, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics ; (through 2024 season)
Win–loss record	7–8
Earned run average	4.50
Strikeouts	111
Teams
	Pittsburgh Pirates (2023); Oakland Athletics (2024–present);

Osvaldo Bido (born October 18, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Career

Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Bido as an international free agent on March 14, 2017.^[1] He spent his first professional season with the Dominican Summer League Pirates, posting a 1–8 record and 5.33 ERA across 15 contests.^[2] In 2018, he made 14 starts for the Low–A West Virginia Black Bears, registering a 4–6 record and 4.18 ERA with 58 strikeouts across 75+1⁄3 innings of work.^[3] Bido began the 2019 season with the Single–A Greensboro Grasshoppers,^[4] and was promoted to the High–A Bradenton Marauders in July. In 25 combined starts, he accumulated a 12–8 record and 3.32 ERA with 107 strikeouts in 135+2⁄3 innings pitched.^[5]

Bido did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] He returned to action in 2021, splitting the year between the Double–A Altoona Curve and Triple–A Indianapolis Indians. In 23 games (21 starts) Bido recorded a 4–8 record and 5.33 ERA with 98 strikeouts across 101+1⁄3 innings of work.^[7] Bido remained with Indianapolis for the entirety of the 2022 season, making 32 appearances and working to a 3–8 record and 4.53 ERA with a career–high 122 strikeouts in 111+1⁄3 innings pitched.^[8]

Bido began the 2023 season back with Triple–A Indianapolis.^[9] In 12 games (10 starts), he registered a 3–4 record and 4.55 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 55+1⁄3 innings pitched. On June 14, 2023, Bido was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.^[10]^[11] In 16 appearances for Pittsburgh, he logged a 2–5 record and 5.86 ERA with 48 strikeouts across 50+2⁄3 inning pitched. On November 17, the Pirates non–tendered Bido, making him a free agent.^[12]

Oakland Athletics

On November 20, 2023, Bido signed a major league contract with the Oakland Athletics, paying him $750,000.^[13] He was optioned to the Triple–A Las Vegas Aviators to begin the 2024 season.^[14] The Athletics promoted him to the major leagues to start one game of a doubleheader on May 8.^[15]