Mauricio Llovera

Mauricio Alejandro Llovera (born April 17, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization. Llovera signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent in 2015. He made his MLB debut in 2020 for the Phillies and has also played for the Giants.

Mauricio Llovera
San Francisco Giants
Pitcher
Born: (1996-04-17) April 17, 1996
El Tigre, Venezuela
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 6, 2020, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Win–loss record1–0
Earned run average7.13
Strikeouts28
Teams

Career

Philadelphia Phillies

Llovera signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent on February 12, 2015.[1] He played for the Venezuelan Summer League Phillies in 2015, going 2–4 with a 3.23 earned run average (ERA) over 47+1⁄3 innings.[1] Llovera spent the 2016 season with the Gulf Coast League Phillies, going 7–1 with a 1.87 ERA over 53 innings.[1]

He played the 2017 season with the Lakewood BlueClaws, going 2–4 with a 3.35 ERA over 86 innings.[1] Llovera spent the 2018 season with the Clearwater Threshers, going 8–7 with a 3.72 ERA over 121 innings, with 137 strikeouts.[2]

He spent the 2019 season with the Reading Fightin Phils, going 3–4 with a 4.55 ERA over 65+1⁄3 innings.[3][4]

Llovera was added to the Phillies 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[5] He was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on September 6, 2020, and made his debut that day against the New York Mets.

On August 7, 2021, pitching against the Mets with the Phillies leading 5–0, Llovera became only the second pitcher in baseball history, the other being B.J. Rosenberg, to give up three straight home runs without recording a single out.[6] However, the Phillies won the game 5–3.[7] In 6 games for the Phillies in 2021, Llovera struggled to a 9.45 ERA with 7 strikeouts. On August 20, Llovera was designated for assignment by the Phillies.[8] On August 22, Llovera cleared waivers and was assigned outright to the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.[9]

San Francisco Giants

On December 6, 2021, Llovera signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants. He was assigned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats to begin the 2022 season.

On April 29, 2022, Llovera was selected to the active roster after multiple relievers were placed on the COVID-19 injured list.[10] After allowing one run in four innings of work, Llovera was returned to Sacramento on May 6.[11] On May 16, Llovera was selected back to the Giants’ roster.[12] Llovera suffered a Grade 2 right flexor strain in July and missed the remainder of the season after he was placed on the 60-day injured list on July 21.[13] With Sacramento, Llovera made 15 scoreless relief appearances, striking out 28 in 20.0 innings pitched while notching two wins and one save.[14] With the Giants he was 0-0 with a 4.41 ERA, collecting 20 strikeouts in 16.1 innings pitched.[14]

On November 18, 2022, Llovera was non-tendered by San Francisco and became a free agent.[15] On November 19, Llovera re-signed with the Giants organization on a minor league contract.

References
  1. "Mauricio Llovera Stats, Fantasy & Highlights". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. Longenhagen, Eric; McDaniel, Kiley (September 17, 2018). "The Final Pro-Side Update to THE BOARD". fangraphs.com. FanGraphs. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. Brookover, Bob (April 19, 2019). "Phillies' top 25 minor-league prospects: Spencer Howard, Alec Bohm lead list". inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  4. Dykstra, Sam (November 19, 2019). "Toolshed: 40-man protection preview". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  5. Lauber, Scott (November 20, 2019). "Phillies stockpile arms by adding four minor-league pitchers to 40-man roster". inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  6. Spector, Jesse (August 8, 2021). "Mauricio Llovera makes baseball history for wrong reasons". Deadspin. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  7. "Miller hits 2 HRs, Phillies hold off Mets for 7th straight". KSAT.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  8. Franco, Anthony (August 20, 2021). "Phillies Select Jorge Bonifacio". MLBtraderumors.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. "Minor MLB Transactions: 8/22/21".
  10. "Giants' Mauricio Llovera: Promoted to majors". cbssports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  11. "Giants' Mauricio Llovera: Optioned to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  12. "Giants' Mauricio Llovera: Returns to big leagues". cbssports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  13. "Giants' Mauricio Llovera: Transferred to 60-day IL". cbssports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  14. "Mauricio Llovera Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. "Giants' Mauricio Llovera: Non-tendered by Giants". cbssports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
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