Full name is Osvaldo Bido Ventura…pronounced (BEE-do).
2025
Made his first career Opening Day roster with the Athletics, going 2-5 with one save and a 5.87 ERA (79.2IP, 92H, 56R/52ER, 35BB, 68K, 19HR) in 26 appearances (10 starts) over three stints (3/27-5/16, 5/31-6/19, 7/10- end of season)…opponents batted .297/.370/.537 (93-for-313, 19HR); LH .294/.338/.544 (40-for-136, 10HR); RH .299/.394/.531 (53-for-177, 9HR)...In 10 starts, went 2-4 with a 6.22 ERA (46.1IP, 32ER) and 34K…also made 16 relief outings, going 0-1 with one save and a 5.40 ERA (33.1IP, 20ER) and 34K…tossed at least 2.0IP in nine of his relief appearances...Tossed at least 5IP in each of his first eight starts of the season (3/29-5/9)...In his first four starts (3/29-4/16), went 2-1 with a 2.61 ERA (20.2IP, 23H, 7R/6ER, 7BB, 14K, 1HR)...Recorded his first career save on 8/21 at Minnesota after tossing 3IP in relief (2H, 1R/ER, 0BB, 4K, 0HR)...Made four appearances (three starts) with Triple-A Las Vegas, going 2-0 with a 5.71 ERA (17.1IP, 24H, 11R/ER, 9BB, 18K, 3HR)...Following the season, made two starts with the Águilas Cibaeñas in the Dominican Winter League...Was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves on 12/5…was designated for assignment by Atlanta on 12/15 and was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Rays on 12/19…was designated for assignment by the Rays on 1/12/26 and claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins on 1/16/26…was designated for assignment by Miami on 1/20/26 and claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels on 1/27/26…was designated for assignment by the Angels on 1/29/26…was claimed off waivers by the Yankees on 2/5/26.
2024
Spent half of the season with Oakland where he went 5-3 with a 3.41 ERA and .580 OPS in 16 games, nine starts…Also had 16 games, including nine starts, in his Major League debut with Pittsburgh in 2023 and was 2-5 with a 5.86 ERA and .733 OPS that year...Surrendered just three home runs in 63.1 innings with the A’s (0.43 per nine innings) and has allowed just seven home runs in 114.0 career innings (0.55 per nine innings)...Limited opponents to a .192 batting average, including .139 (14-for-101) against left-handed hitters…Allowed a .236 (29-for-123) average against righties…Surrendered two of his three home runs and issued 15 of his 26 walks to lefties for a .471 OPS (.671 vs. righties)…Has yielded six of his seven career home runs to lefties...Allowed a .190 batting average with the bases empty, .195 with runners on…Yielded a .245 average with runners in scoring position and opponents were 2-for-5 (.400) with a grand slam with the bases loaded...Compiled a 4-3 record and a 4.14 ERA in his nine starts and was 1-0 with a 1.53 ERA in seven relief appearances…Allowed 1-of-4 (25.0%) inherited runners to score in his seven relief appearances…First batters faced were 0-for-4 with three walks…Had outings of five innings, 4.2, three and two in relief…His other three relief appearances were one inning each…Tossed 6.0 innings or fewer in all of his starts...As a starter, had a .194 opponents batting average the first time through the order, .159 the second time and .348 the third time...Was 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in four night games, 3-3 with a 3.91 ERA in 12 day games...Posted a 1-1 record and a 7.11 ERA in three starts on four days rest…Was 3-2 with a 2.56 ERA in his other six starts...Was 1-2 with a 7.71 ERA in six games against American League West competition, 4-1 with a 1.61 ERA in 10 games against all other teams...Was 2-1 with a 1.40 ERA in five inter league games, 3-2 with a 4.78 ERA in 11 games against AL teams...Had a 2.41 ERA over innings 1-2, a 6.30 ERA in innings 3-4 and a 1.82 ERA from the fifth inning on…Did not allow a run in the fifth inning (10 IP)…In his career, he has a 2.43 ERA over innings 1-2, a 7.43 ERA in innings 3-4 and a 3.41 ERA from the fifth inning on...Opponents hit .131 with two strikes but had all three batters hit home runs...The opponents seven hitter in the order was 1-for-23 against him...The A’s were 6-3 (.667) in his starting assignments and won in each of his final five starts...Spent the balance of the season with Triple-A Las Vegas, going 4-3 with a 4.50 ERA and .778 opponents OPS in 10 games, nine starts...Struck out 55 batters in 48 innings (10.31 per nine innings) and walked 16 (3.00 per nine innings) for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.44...Had a .259 opponents batting average, which broke down to .257 (19-for-74) with a .763 OPS against left-handed hitters and .261 (29-for-111) with a .787 OPS against right-handed hitters...Yielded a .308 batting average with the bases empty, .192 with runners on…Opponents hit .209 with runners in scoring position...As a starter, had a .222 opponents batting average the first time through the order, .302 after that...Tossed fewer than six innings in nine of his 10 appearances.
2023
Made his Major League debut with Pittsburgh and was 2-5 with a 5.86 ERA and .733 opponents OPS in 16 games, including nine starts, over three stints with the Pirates...Allowed just four home runs in 50.2 innings, an average of 0.71 per nine innings...Had a .270 opponents batting average, which broke down to .236 (26-for-110) with a .611 OPS against right-handed hitters compared to .309 (29-for-94) with an .875 OPS against lefthanded hitters…surrendered all four of his home runs to lefties...Was 0-2 with a 5.71 ERA in his nine starting assignments, 2-3 with a 6.19 ERA in seven relief appearances...First batters faced were 1-for-7 (.143) in his relief appearances and he stranded his only inherited runner...Went 0-4 with an 8.54 ERA in nine home games, 2-1 with a 2.96 ERA in seven road games...Had a 2.45 ERA over the first two innings of the game, a 9.24 ERA over innings three through five and a 2.57 ERA from the sixth inning on...The Pirates were 2-7 (.222) in his starting assignments…tossed fewer than five innings in seven of his nine starts...Spent the balance of the season with Triple-A Indianapolis where he was 3-4 with three saves, a 4.16 ERA and .700 opponents OPS in 19 games, including 10 starts...The saves were the first of his career and he converted all three of his save opportunities...Held the opposition to a .224 batting average but he walked 29 and hit five for a .321 on-base percentage...His opponents batting average included a mark of .189 (24-for-127) with a .658 OPS against right-handed hitters, .267 (28-for-105) with a .751 OPS against left-handers...Opponents hit .266 with the bases empty, .176 with runners on...Was 1-0 with a 0.52 ERA in his nine relief appearances, 2-4 with a 5.56 ERA in 10 starts...Allowed 10 of his 31 runs in the fifth inning (15.00 ERA)...Pitched for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League following the season and went 0-2 with a 1.64 ERA in 10 relief appearances.
2022
Spent the entire season at Triple-A Indianapolis where he went 3-8 with a 4.53 ERA in 32 games, including 25 starts…matched his career high in losses but had a career-high 122 strikeouts in 111.1 innings (9.86 per nine innings)…allowed a .242 opponents batting average but walked 64 and hit 13 for a .357 on-base percentage…tied for the International League lead in hit by pitches, ranked second in walks, tied for fourth in games started and seventh in strikeouts… tied for second in the Pirates farm system in starts, ranked third in strikeouts and sixth in innings pitched…his opponents batting average broke down to .224 with a .788 OPS against left-handed hitters and .254 with a .794 OPS against right-handers…allowed a .213 average with runners in scoring position…was 1-2 with a 2.43 ERA and .692 opponents OPS in 18 games at home, 2-6 with a 6.92 ERA and .895 OPS in 14 games on the road…was 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA in 10 day games, 2-8 with a 6.00 ERA in 22 contests at night…opponents hit .139 with two strikes…tossed five innings or fewer in 29 of his 32 appearances…made his 100th career minor league appearance on Aug. 4 against Louisville (3.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 8 so)…went 1-1 with a 2.61 ERA in five appearances in August…went 2-0 with a 1.47 ERA and .173 opponents batting average over a sevengame stretch from Aug. 17 to Sept. 20…it was his only winning streak of the season…matched his career high with 10 strikeouts in 5.2 innings on Sept 20 against St. Paul…pitched for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League following the season and went 0-1 with 2.63 ERA in six starts.
2021
Spent most of the season with Double-A Altoona where he was 4-9 with a 5.09 ERA in 21 games, including 19 starts…was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on Sept. 20 and had no decisions and an 8.22 ERA in two starts…was 4-8 with a 5.33 ERA and .786 opponents OPS in 23 games, including 21 starts…tied for eighth in the Double-A East in strikeouts (91) and games started (19) and tied for ninth in innings pitched (93.2)…allowed a .264 opponents batting average, which broke down to .240 with a .636 opponents OPS against right-handed hitters compared to .294 with a .976 OPS against left-handers…surrendered 11 of his 15 home runs to lefties…combined for a 3-3 record, a 3.99 ERA and .689 opponents OPS in 10 games in his home ballparks…was 1-5 with a 6.50 ERA and .865 OPS on the road…went 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA over a five-start stretch from May 15-June 12…struck out a season-high eight batters in an 11-2 win at Richmond on June 5…also fanned eight on July 9 against Akron…tossed a career-high 99 pitches in 6.2 innings of work on Aug. 20 against Somerset for the win…then logged a season-high 7.0 scoreless innings and allowed just two hits in his next start on Aug. 26 against Richmond for his second two-game winning streak of the season…went 2-1 with a 2.77 ERA in five starts in the August…had the third lowest opponents batting average in the Double-A East in August (.188) and the seventh lowest ERA.
2020
Did not pitch as the minor league season was cancelled due to the pandemic.
2019
Spent most of the season at Single-A Greensboro where he made 20 starts before he was promoted to High-A Bradenton on July 26…made five starts there and was a combined a 12-8 with a 3.32 ERA in 25 starts…had career highs in wins, starts, innings pitched (135.2) and hits (112) and matched his high in losses…tied for second among Pirates minor leaguers in wins and ranked fifth in ERA…had 11 wins with Greensboro, which tied for second in the South Atlantic League…did not allow a run in three of his first four starts and went 4-0 with a 0.91 ERA in five starts in April…was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 3-9…made one start that week on June 5 against Charleston and struck out a career-high 10 batters in 6.0 scoreless innings…allowed one hit and one walk but had a no decision in a 2-1 loss… was 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA in five starts in June…tossed a career-high 7.1 innings Aug. 5 at Charlotte…was on the injured list from Aug. 12 to 21 with a sprained left ankle.
2018
Spent his first season in the United States at Single-A West Virginia and went 4-6 with a 4.18 ERA in 14 starts…ranked second in the New York-Penn League in innings pitched (75.1)… walked just 19 batters in 75.1 innings, an average of 2.27 per nine innings…yielded just two home runs…allowed a .263 opponents batting average, including .220 with a .606 OPS against left-handed pitchers and .297 with a .767 OPS against right-handers…struck out a season-high nine batters in 5.0 innings on Aug. 7 against Batavia…then logged 7.0 scoreless innings in a 4-1 victory over Williamsport on Aug. 17.
2017
Made his professional debut with Dominican Summer League Pirates and went 1-8 with a 5.33 ERA in 15 games, including 13 starts…struck out 41 batters in 50.2 innings but walked 36, hit six and had 15 wild pitches.
