JACKSONVILLE (www.sportsdayjax.com) – The Miami Marlins have announced that right-handed pitcher Johnny Cueto has been assigned to Jacksonville to continue an injury rehabilitation assignment presented by H2 Health.
Cueto was placed on the 10-day IL on April 4 with a biceps injury after departing from his Marlins debut on April 3 after just 1.0 inning. He began a rehab stint with a start for the Jumbo Shrimp on May 6, but departed after 2.1 innings with a sprained left ankle.
He has started two games for Double-A Pensacola on this current rehab stint, giving up four runs on 11 hits in 6.1 innings. He had signed a one-year deal in January with Miami that included a club option for the 2024 season.
A two-time All-Star and member of the 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals, Cueto has gone 143-108 with a 3.46 ERA over 356 MLB appearances, including 354 starts, in a 16-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Royals, Chicago White Sox and Marlins.
A native of San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, Cueto’s best season came with Cincinnati in 2014, when he went 20-9 with a 2.25 ERA in a league-leading 243.2 innings. He also led the NL in strikeouts with 242, finishing second in the Cy Young Award balloting to former Jacksonville Sun Clayton Kershaw.
Cueto also placed fourth in the Cy Young Award voting with the Reds in 2012, when he went 19-9 with a 2.78 ERA in 217.0 innings, and sixth in 2016 when he played for the Giants, going 18-5 with a 2.79 ERA.
Cueto joins Marlins teammate Jazz Chisholm Jr. (June 20-present) on a current injury rehabilitation assignment presented by H2 Health with Jacksonville. Left-hander Steven Okert (April 7-21), infielder Joey Wendle (April 26-May 7), right-handers Cueto (May 2-7), Nic Enright (May 7-30), JT Chargois (May 9-16), first baseman/outfielder Garrett Cooper (May 12) and outfielders Jesus Sánchez (May 26-30) and Avisail García (May 27-June 3) have also rehabbed with Jacksonville in 2023.