Johnny Cueto

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Johnny Cueto Ortiz (Spanish: [ˈkweto]; born February 15, 1986) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, and Los Angeles Angels, and most recently played for Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Professional Baseball League. Cueto made his MLB debut in 2008. By 2011 he emerged as the ace of the Reds pitching staff and one of the top pitchers in the National League. He won 19 games and posted a 2.78 earned run average (ERA) in 2012, finishing fourth in the voting for the National League Cy Young Award and helping lead the Reds to the NL Central title. In 2014, he won 20 games with a 2.25 ERA and tied for the NL lead in strikeouts with 242, finishing as the runner-up for the Cy Young Award. In 2015, Cueto won in his appearance in Game 2 of the World Series, pitching a 2-hit complete game for the Royals against the Mets, the first complete...

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