Hector Velázquez #38

Full name is Hector Velázquez. He and his wife, Asamary Osobampo, have a son, Hector Emilio (born 5/19/15).

2020

Had a roundabout 2020 season which began in Major League Spring Training with the Red Sox...Appeared in two Spring Training games before being designated for assignment on March 5... claimed off waivers by Baltimore on March 8... reported to the Orioles Summer Camp before being optioned on July 14 and then assigned to the Orioles alternate training site on July 17...Outrighted on July 24 and traded to Houston on July 29...spent the remainder of the season at the Astros alternate training site...Returned to Mexico and pitched in the Mexican Winter League in the offseason, posting a 1.62 ERA (3ER/16.2IP) in four starts...got one start in the Caribbean Series (1ER/4.2IP).

2019

Made the Red Sox Opening Day roster for the second consecutive year...Posted a 6.95 ERA in eight starts (17ER/22IP) and a 4.46 ERA in 26 relief appearances (17ER/34.1IP)...seven of his first 13 MLB appearances were as a starter, but 20 of his remaining 21 came in relief... Had an up and down season, making two stints on the Injured List and being optioned twice to to Triple A Pawtucket...pitched in 12 games for the Paw Sox, all in relief, posting a 3.31 ERA (6ER/16.1IP).

2018

Made his first career Opening Day roster and spent the entire season with the Major League club...Following the season, pitched for the MLB team in the Japan All-Star Series...made his lone appearance on Nov. 14 against Samurai Japan, throwing 2.0 innings...Also pitched in an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants on Nov. 18 at the Tokyo Dome...started that game and earned the win, a 9-6 victory for the MLB All-Stars.

2017

Spent most of his debut season in the U.S. with Triple-A Pawtucket, but appeared in 8 ML games (3 starts) over 5 stints with BOS...Allowed 6 ER in 5.0 IP in his ML debut on 5/18 at OAK (start), but went 3-0 with a 0.92 ERA (2 ER/19.2 IP) in his remaining ML games. Did not allow a run in his final 13.1 IP in the majors. Between BOS and Triple-A Pawtucket, did not allow a run in his final 17.0 IP (beginning 8/18). In 5 ML relief appearances, went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA (10.1 IP)...Is the only BOS pitcher-and 1 of only 5 ML pitchers-since 1913 to earn a win in each of his first 3 career relief appearances (last: Alexi Ogando in 2010). Also went 8-4 with a 2.21 ERA (25 ER/102.0 IP) and a .213 opponent AVG in 19 starts with the PawSox. Made 8 scoreless starts of 5.0+ innings for Pawtucket. Led Pawtucket pitchers in starts...His 2.21 ERA and 1.00 WHIP were the lowest among PawSox pitchers who made at least 1 start...Also ranked 3rd among club leaders in wins and innings. Began the season with the PawSox and posted a 1.55 ERA (5 ER/29.0 IP) in his first 5 starts. Made his U.S. debut on 4/11 vs. Syracuse (4.2 IP, 3 ER)...Each of his next 3 outings was scoreless (17.1 IP). Threw 6.0 perfect innings on 4/30 vs. Gwinnett...Selected to the ML roster on 5/18 and started that night at OAK, suffering the loss (5.0 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 3 HR, 2 BB, 4 SO)...Optioned to Pawtucket on 5/23. Allowed 0 runs in 13.0 IP over 3 starts for the PawSox from 6/1-10 before returning to BOS on 6/14... Earned the win that night at PHI after allowing only 1 hit in 3.1 scoreless innings of relief. Made his 2nd ML start on 6/19 at KC but did not factor into the decision (5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO). Optioned to Pawtucket following the Sox' game vs. LAA on 6/23. Recalled by BOS on 7/18 and earned the win that night vs. TOR after pitching the final 4.0 innings of a 5-4, 15-inning victory over the Blue Jays (0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 SO)...Optioned to Pawtucket after the game. Allowed 0 runs in his final 10.0 IP with the PawSox. Surrendered 1 hit in 7.0 scoreless innings on 8/27 vs. Lehigh Valley. Recalled by BOS on 9/3 and made 4 more appearances with the club...In the Sox' 3-2, 19-inning win vs. TOR on 9/5, earned the win after pitching a scoreless 19th. Started the Sox' season finale on 10/1 vs. HOU and threw 4.0 shutout innings (3 H, 2 BB, 4 SO). Following the season, allowed only 2 ER in 25.0 IP (0.72 ERA) in 6 starts for Navojoa in the Mexican Winter League, including 3 postseason starts...Earned 2 postseason wins, helping Navojoa reach the finals.