Cueto inks multi-year deal By Sports Network

CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Reds and pitcher Johnny Cueto have come to terms on a four-year contract with a club option for the 2015 season.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but multiple reports last week indicated the pact to be worth $27 million.

Cueto was 12-7 with a 3.64 earned run average and a team-best 138 strikeouts in 31 starts for the NL Central-champion Reds last season. He took the loss in Game 3 of the NL Division Series against Philadelphia, allowing two runs -- one earned -- on five hits in five innings of a 2-0 loss in the clinching game.

The 24-year-old Dominican native has made at least 30 starts in each of his three big league seasons and owns a career mark of 32-32 with a 4.27 ERA in 92 starts.