Former Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Designated for Assignment by Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Dauri Moreta.

Moreta pitched in 39 games for the Reds in 2021 and 2022. The right-hander had a 5.14 ERA in 42 innings pitched.

The 29-year-old spent the last three seasons with the Pirates. In 2025, he appeared in 18 games and gave up six earned runs in 16 2/3 innings. He walked seven and struck out 19.

Moreta made his MLB debut with the Reds and pitched a scoreless inning against the Washington Nationals on September 26, 2021.

In 2021, Moreta was named the Reds minor league pitcher of the year.

"Dauri Moreta began his Triple-A career with 22 consecutive appearances with no earned runs, ranking as the third-longest streak in all of Minor League Baseball in 2021," MLB.com wrote. "Since 2005 (MLBAM data era), Moreta's streak ranks as the longest in a single season for any Bats pitcher and the second-longest overall for the Bats behind only Jumbo Diaz, who pitched 31 straight games with 0 ER from June 10, 2015 - June 14, 2016 (34.2ip)."

He could be someone that the Reds could take a flyer on and look into bringing back.

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