Helcris Olivárez #93

Participated in the Red Sox’s Lindos Sueños Program, in which American teens travel to the Dominican Republic to play baseball and engage in community service projects with their teenage counterparts from the island. He would go on to pitch in the Red Sox system in 2024...Is the son of Héctor Olivarez and Cristina Payano. His father is a salesperson and his mom was a stay-at-home mom. Helcris has two siblings, a brother and a sister...His cousin, Ronald Guzmán, played in the Major Leagues from 2018-22 with Texas and the Yankees. Guzmán was the Dominican Winter League MVP in 2020. He received an invite to Spring Training with the Giants in 2023...His favorite meal is moro de guandules con bistec, which is a Dominican dish with rice, pigeon peas and coconut...His favorite music is dembow and salsa.

2024

Received a non-roster invite to Red Sox Spring Training...Made 14 appearances (five starts) with Double-A Portland, going 1-1 with a 3.50 ERA...Struck out 47 batters in the 36.0 innings (11.75 K/9.0 IP). Went 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA (six ER, 18.0 IP) with 25 walks and 21 strikeouts a starter with the Sea Dogs...Had a 1.76 ERA (three ER, 15.1 IP) through his first four starts of the season...Released by Boston on July 22...Signed a Minor League deal with SF on Aug. 6...Appeared in two games with Double-A Richmond, working two innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

2023

Missed all of 2023 while recovering from left shoulder surgery.

2022

Ranked by Baseball America as the Rockies’ No. 15 prospect entering the season...Placed on the seven-day injured list on April 5 before being recalled and placed on the 60-day Major League injured list on May 28 with a left shoulder strain...Was limited to just one rehab game all season.

2021

Spent the full season with High-A Spokane, going 4-9 with a 6.05 ERA (99.2 IP, 67 ER), 68 walks and 112 strikeouts in 22 appearances (21 starts)...Ranked second in the High-A West with 21 starts and fifth with 112 strikeouts...Started the first game of the High-A West Championship Series, allowing eight runs on six hits, including three home runs while only recording one out in the first inning...Struck out a season-high 11 batters in five innings on June 19 at Tri-City....Went 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA (27.0 IP, 10 ER), 14 walks and 29 strikeouts over his final five appearances (four starts) of the regular season...Made three relief appearances in his first Major League Spring Training, allowing two runs on two hits with six walks and one strikeout in five innings pitched.

2020

Named to Colorado’s 2020 player pool and spent the 60-game shortened season at the alternate training site in Denver...Participated in Instructional League in Arizona during the offseason…added to the 40-man roster on Nov. 20.

2019

Led the Rookie Level Grand Junction Rockies with 61 strikeouts...Made three starts with the DSL Rockies to begin the season before being assigned to Grand Junction on June 25... Combined across both levels to go 4-4 with a 3.86 ERA (60.2 IP, 26 ER), 31 walks and 82 strikeouts...Allowed one run over his three starts (14.0 IP) with the DSL Rockies.

2018

Made 13 starts with the DSL Rockies, going 6-1 with a 2.30 ERA (54.2 IP, 14 ER)...Struck out seven batters over three scoreless innings in his first start, June 2...Allowed more than one run just three times.

2017

Made 17 relief appearances and one start for the DSL Rockies in his first professional season...Made his professional debut on June 7, pitching 1.2 innings of relief, and allowed four runs on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts...Struck out a season-high five batters over three innings in his one start, Aug. 21.