Cristian Javier

Cristian Javier (born March 26, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Cristian Javier
Houston Astros – No. 53
Pitcher
Born: (1997-03-26) March 26, 1997
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 25, 2020, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(through September 24, 2020)
Win–loss record5–2
Earned run average3.48
Strikeouts54
Teams

Career

Javier signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on March 18, 2015.[1]

He spent his first professional season with the Dominican Summer League Astros, going 4–0 with a 2.13 ERA over ​42 1⁄3 innings. He played 2016 with the Gulf Coast Astros and Greeneville Astros, pitching to a 4–2 record and 2.29 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 51 innings, and 2017 with the Tri-City ValleyCats, Quad Cities River Bandits and Buies Creek Astros, compiling a 3–0 record and 2.25 ERA in 14 games (nine starts). He pitched in 2018 with Quad Cities and Buies Creek, going 7–6 with a 2.70 ERA with 146 strikeouts over 110 innings.[2][3] He opened the 2019 season with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers before being promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks on May 15.[4] He was promoted to the Round Rock Express on August 23.[5][6] Over 26 games (18 starts) with the three clubs, Javier went 8-3 with a 1.74 ERA, striking out 170 over ​113 2⁄3 innings.

Javier was added to the Astros 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[7]

On July 25, 2020, Javier made his MLB debut, pitching 1 scoreless inning against the Seattle Mariners. On July 29, 2020, he made his first MLB career start against the Los Angeles Dodgers. On August 4, he received his first MLB career win.[8]

In 2020 he was 5-2 with a 3.48 ERA in 54.1 innings over 12 games (10 starts).[9] Javier made his postseason debut against the Minnesota Twins in a 2020 American League Wild Card Series. He received his first playoff win in this game.[10]

References
  1. Steve Batterson (May 30, 2018). "River Bandits' Javier has opponents guessing". Quad-City Times. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. Sammy Batten (June 13, 2018). "Javier makes Buies Creek debut one to remember". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. Sam Dykstra (May 29, 2018). "Astros' Javier piggybacks way to award". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. Sonny Jones (May 16, 2019). "Woodpeckers' Beer, Javier promoted to Double A Corpus Christi". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. RotoWire Staff (August 23, 2019). "Astros' Cristian Javier: Promoted to Triple-A". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  6. Michael Avallone (August 25, 2019). "Express' Javier masterful in Triple-A debut". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  7. Chandler Rome (November 20, 2019). "Astros to add prospects to 40-man roster ahead of Rule 5 draft". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  8. Brian McTaggart (August 4, 2020). "Springer adds to tear as Astros roll". MLB.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  9. "Cristian Javier Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=javiecr01&t=p&post=1
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