Cristian Javier

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Cristian Javier
Houston Astros – No. 53
Pitcher
Born: (1997-03-26) March 26, 1997 (age 24)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 25, 2020, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Win–loss record9–3
Earned run average3.53
Strikeouts184
Teams

Cristian Javier (born March 26, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Javier signed with the Astros as an international free agent in 2015. He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Career[]

Minor Leagues[]

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]

Houston Astros[]

2020[]

On July 25, 2020, Javier made his MLB debut, pitching one scoreless inning versus the Seattle Mariners. He made his first career MLB start versus the Los Angeles Dodgers four days later. On August 4, he received his first MLB career win.[8]

In 2020 he was 5-2 with a 3.48 ERA in 54+1⁄3 innings over 12 games (10 starts).[9] Javier made his postseason debut against the Minnesota Twins in the American League Wild Card Series, also receiving his first playoff win in this game.[10] Javier finished third in voting for the AL Rookie of the Year award behind Luis Robert and the winner, Kyle Lewis.[11]

2021[]

On April 22, 2021, Javier became the first Astros pitcher to record the first eight outs of a game by strikeout since Jim Deshaies in 1986.[12] In a five inning performance, he set a new personal high with nine strikeouts and one walk on no earned runs.[13]

Javier finished the 2021 season 4-1 with a 3.55 ERA in 101.1 innings with numerous career highs, including 36 games pitched, nine starts, 101+1⁄3 innings, 130 strikeouts, 53 walks, and two saves. He also struck out 11.5 batters per nine innings pitched (K/9).[9]

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. ^ McTaggart, Brian (August 4, 2020). "Springer adds to tear as Astros roll". MLB.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Cristian Javier stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Cristian Javier Postseason Pitching Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ^ "A high flyer. An 'Airbender.' Your ROY winners".
  12. ^ @MLBStats (April 23, 2021). "Cristian Javier is the first @astros pitcher to record the first 8 outs of a game via strikeout since 1986 (Jim Des…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ McTaggart, Brian (April 22, 2021). "Javier fans career-high 9 in rotation return". MLB.com. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

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