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Oviedo secures visa, will fly to Florida soon
May 24, 2012 - 9:10 AM ET

According to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman, Marlins reliever Juan Carlos Oviedo has secured a work visa.

Oviedo received a pardon from the U.S. State Department earlier this week and is now free to travel back to Florida. He'll report to extended spring training in a couple of days to begin working out. The 28-year-old is expected to get an eight-week suspension from Major League Baseball but is finally out of the woods from a legal standpoint.