Julio Alberto Teherán Pinto (born January 27, 1991) is a Colombian professional baseball pitcher for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League.

Prior to the 2010 season, Baseball America ranked him as the Braves' third-best prospect, behind Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman.

He was the starting pitcher for the World team in the 2011 All-Star Futures Game on July 10, 2011, but gave up a home run on a 95-mph fastball to the first batter, Cleveland Indians prospect Jason Kipnis, who was leading off the bottom of the first inning for the United States.

[15] Teherán was ranked fifth by Baseball America among all prospects entering the 2012 season, and the second-best right-handed pitcher.

[16] With the five-man rotation in question, he was invited to spring training to make his case for a spot on the 25-man roster.

In the 5 games he appeared in, including three starts, Teherán struggled to find a groove, giving up 22 hits and 18 runs in just 16.1 innings pitched.

After struggling against Major League hitters, Teherán was assigned to re-join Gwinnett where he continued his inconsistencies.

Atlanta signed free agent Ben Sheets, traded for Paul Maholm, and called Randall Delgado up as replacements rather than the highly touted prospect.

[18] He was invited to the Major League spring training once again, however, where he showed flares of stardom, posting a 1.29 ERA through four starts, spanning 14.1 innings through March 16.

On June 5, Teherán was pitching a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates through 7.2 innings before giving up a single to pinch-hitter Brandon Inge.

[20][21] He was the Braves' Opening Day starter for the first time in his career, taking the loss in a 2–0 game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

In 2015, Teherán was once again the Braves' Opening Day starting pitcher, winning a 2–1 game against the Miami Marlins.

For the fourth consecutive year, Teherán was the Braves' Opening Day starting pitcher, pitching six scoreless innings against the New York Mets before being pulled.

He joined Rick Mahler (1985–88) and Greg Maddux (1993-96) as the lone Atlanta pitchers to start four straight season openers.

[34] Teherán hit his first home run on August 5, while facing Mets' pitcher Corey Oswalt.

[35] For the season he was 9–9 with a 3.94 ERA, and led the major leagues in holding opposing batters to the lowest batting average on balls in play (.217).

[36] Prior to the start of the 2019 Atlanta Braves season, Teherán began pitching exclusively from the stretch.

[48] On February 19, 2021, Teherán signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers organization that included an invitation to spring training.

[57] During the offseason, Teherán trained with Carlos Castillo in Miami, who advised him to lower his arm angle, change the grip on his changeup, and begin throwing a cutter.

[58] On April 21, 2022, Teherán signed with the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

On June 25, 2022, Teherán's contract was purchased by the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League.

[62] Teherán made only one start for Monterrey, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with six strikeouts across five innings pitched.

[63][64] He began the 2023 season with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas, but struggled to a 6.84 ERA and 2-2 record with 29 strikeouts across 5 starts.

[73] On March 23, Teherán opted out of his contract and was released by Baltimore after failing to make the Opening Day roster.