Héctor Neris, a pitcher with the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball, was born in the Dominican Republic on June 14, 1989. (MLB).
For the Philadelphia Phillies, he had previously played.
The Phillies signed him as a free agent in 2010, and he made his major league debut in 2014 with them.
Neris was born in the Dominican Republic Villa Altagracia. He graduated in 2008 from Colegio José Francisco Pea Gómez, where he participated in basketball, volleyball, and chess.
On May 28, 2010, the Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent Neris to a contract. His record as a pitcher for the Dominican Summer League Phillies was 1-1 with five saves, a 3.24 earned run average, 34 strikeouts in 41.2 innings, and a batting average against of.199.
He divided the 2011 season between the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws and the Class A Williamsport Crosscutters.
In the 2017 World Baseball Classic, he pitched for the Dominican Republic national baseball team. Neris was the Phillies’ closer in 2017.
He pitched in 74 games and had a record of 4-5, 3.01 ERA, 26 saves (8th in the league), and 29 chances (5th in the NL).
Neris agreed to a two-year, $17 million deal with the Houston Astros on November 30, 2021. He earned his first victory while wearing an Astros uniform on April 12, 2022, when he defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 with a flawless eighth inning at Chase Field.
As of 2022, the right-hander Neris depends on four weapons in his pitching arsenal: a four-seam fastball that averages 94 mph, a sinker that averages close to 95 mph, a splitter that averages 84 mph, and a slider that averages about 88 mph.