Yankees right-hander Osvaldo Bido has been claimed off waivers by the Braves, per announcements from both clubs. Atlanta placed left-hander Joey Wentz on the 60-day IL to create a spot on the 40-man roster. Wentz suffered a torn ACL midway through spring training and is expected to miss the 2026 season.
This marks the second time since last season concluded that Atlanta has acquired Bido. They also plucked him off waivers from the A’s back in early December. That claim set off a series of transactions in what went on to become one of the most whirlwind winters any player has experienced in recent memory. Bido went from the A’s, to the Braves, to the Rays, to the Marlins, to Angels, to the Yankees in a dizzying sequence of DFAs and waiver claims. Hopefully for his sake, today’s return to an Atlanta organization in dire need of innings is the last move for some time.
Bido has had a solid spring with the Yankees, tossing seven innings and holding opponents to a run on five hits and three walks. He’s been working one-inning stints with New York but has worked as a starter and swingman in recent seasons with the Pirates and Athletics.
Bido spent seven seasons in the Pirates system before making his MLB debut as a 27-year-old in 2023. He’s spent the past two seasons with the A’s. Listed at a wiry 6’3″ and 175 pounds, he’s pitched 193 2/3 innings in the majors and pitched to a 5.07 earned run average. It’s been a roller-coaster run, with poor numbers in ’23, strong output in ’24 and more struggles in ’25. Overall, metrics like SIERA (4.60) and FIP (4.67) view him a bit more favorably, but Bido has typically pitched like a swingman or sixth starter.
Bido averages 94.7 mph on his four-seamer and sinker alike. He’s only a bit worse than average in terms of strikeout rate (20.9%) and walk rate (9.6%), but home runs were a major issue in 2025. Bido is an extreme fly-ball pitcher, and a 2024 season spent pitching home games in the cavernous Oakland Coliseum during the Athletics’ final season there treated him well; conversely, a move to West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, which played like an absolute launching pad, did Bido no favors. He served up 13 big flies in only 44 1/3 home innings this past season, compared to just six on the road (35 1/3 innings).
The Braves entered camp thin on rotation depth and have seen their limited stock of arms ravaged by injury. In addition to Wentz’s ACL tear, right-handers Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep both required elbow surgery to remove loose bodies. Fellow righty Spencer Strider was diagnosed with an oblique strain just this week and will open the season on the injured list.
Atlanta will open the season with Chris Sale, Reynaldo Lopez and Grant Holmes locked into rotation spots. Lopez pitched only once last year due to shoulder surgery. Holmes suffered a UCL tear last summer and rehabbed without surgery. Sale’s injury history is well known.
Righty Bryce Elder and lefty José Suarez are both out of minor league options and both expected to fill out the rotation, though the team hasn’t formally said as much. Non-roster veteran Martín Pérez seems to at least still be under consideration. Bido, like Elder and Suarez, is out of minor league options. He’s now in strong position to break camp in a swing role, giving Atlanta a bit of extra depth.
More clearance shopping by AA. Time for him to be fired today
Do you honestly think things will change with a different general manager? Terry Mcguirk hates spending on pitching unless it’s to extend somebody they already have.
What skyrider is trying to say is we’d still have Max Fried with someone else
AA truly botched the Fried, Freeman and Swanson non-moves. They wouldn’t have had a shot at trading for Matt Olson if it wasn’t for the A’s operating as Atlanta’s AAAA team for a while there.
Cant blame him for it… Fried was overpaid, Freeman wanted $$$ and Swanson (maybe this one)
He’s back!!!
Bido and Lovelady on pace to play for every team in MLB by seasons end
Bido is out of minor league options…so does that mean Fuentes gets sent down?? Or yet another IL incoming…?
Remember when AA was taking it week by week to fill out a rotation last 2 months of the season? We’re already at that point apparently…Fuentes and/or Ritchie getting yo-yo’d first 13 days, probably hoping Bido can hold it down in the pen in that same time.
what in the world is AA thinking here???
He’s not
Waiver claim bro
He can only do so much with what Terry allows him to do and like I’ve said before, Terry hates spending on pitching
Desperate times…..
With strider going down, I’d assume that Fuentes moves into starting soon and Bido takes Fuentes position in the bullpen.
Solid #3 pitcher for the Bravos 😅
Embarrassing and total disrespect to every position player , oh and fans , when your GM refuses to address the rotation.
Next time you’re at Truist Park demand to speak to Terry McGuirk. He’s the problem. Focusing on quality pitching outside of the organization is something he never does
Sounds like a great way to get banned from the stadium for life.
Maybe an email would be better
Dear Atlanta Braves,
Where do you get off? A completely healthy pitching staff and a top minor league system? Who do you think you are?
By now you may have guessed I’m speaking ironically and have nothing but bad things to say about what you do. Mr. McGuirk, please sell the team.
Signed,
Braves Nation
🤣
@SuperTalls…but then someone needs to get sent down…both Suarez and Elder are also out of options. Gotta be Fuentes to go down. Or Dylan Lee… everyone else is out of options.
“Fellow righty Spencer Oblique was diagnosed with an oblique strain just this week and will open the season on the injured list.”
🤔
That guy’s really living up to his name!
I wonder if they’ll try to get him through waivers and send him down.