Carlos lives in Windermere, Fla. with his wife, Margaret, and two daughters..He wears No. 53, which is the sum of the birthdates of his family members...Attended Mountain State Academy in West Virginia for his junior year of high school, where he played baseball....Learned English from watching American TV shows.
2025
Estévez was an All-Star during his first season with the Royals in 2025 and led the Majors with 42 saves...His 42 saves tied Joakim Soria (2008) for seventh most in Royals history, five shy of Greg Holland’s club-record 47 saves in 2013...He pitched 67 games and finished 57 of them while posting a 2.45 ERA (18 ER in 66.0 IP) and .199 opponents’ average (48-for-241)...Saved 42 of Kansas City’s 82 wins (51.2%), the highest rate in the Majors ahead of Robert Suarez, who saved 40 of the Padres 90 victories (44.4%)...Named an All-Star for the second time, following his 2023 season with the Angels...in the 2025 All-Star Game, he struck out Kyle Stowers, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Matt Olson in a scoreless seventh inning...in doing so, he became the only Royal to record three strikeouts in one inning of an All-Star Game...the only other Royal to record at least three strikeouts in an ASG was David Cone, who did so across two innings of the 1994 All-Star Game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh...The Royals went 55-12 (.821) in the games he appeared in, including 14 consecutive wins to end the season from Aug. 15-Sept. 27...Earned his 100th career save in Game 2 of a doubleheader on June 5 at St. Louis...that same day, San Francisco’s Camilo Doval also earned his 100th save, making them the 18th and 19th Dominican-born players to reach the milestone...His 25 saves prior to the All-Star break matched Greg Holland (2014), Joakim Soria (2008, 2010) and Jeff Montgomery (1993) for the Royals record...Recorded a save in eight straight appearances from Aug. 18-Sept. 10, the longest streak of his career and the longest streak by a Royal since Ian Kennedy had nine straight outings with a save from July 12-28, 2019...it was the second-longest streak in the Majors in 2025, one shy of Kyle Finnegan’s nine from March 30-April 23...Converted each of his last 17 save opportunities to mark the second-longest active streak in the Majors entering 2026, trailing Raisel Iglesias’ 18 straight saves converted...Pitched in his 500th career game on Sept. 5 vs. Minnesota, earning the save in a 2-1 win.
2024
Recorded a career-best 2.45 ERA (15 ER in 55.0 IP) across 54 appearances in 2024, including 34 appearances with the Angels and 20 with the Phillies...His 8.2 K/9 was the worst of his career, but his 2.0 BB/9 was the best of his career...Had 20 saves in 34 appearances with the Angels, before being acquired by Philadelphia at the Trade Deadline…In 20 appearances with the Phillies, he had three wins, two losses and six saves...Named American League Reliever of the Month for June during which he went 1-0 with eight saves in 10 appearances and pitched 10.0 scoreless innings while retiring 29 of 31 batters...Had a career-best, 21.0-inning scoreless streak from May 28-Aug. 3...The streak was snapped by an unearned run, when an Automatic Runner scored in the 10th inning...Had a streak of 24.0 innings without an earned run allowed, from May 21-Aug. 8...Recorded a career-best streak of 28.0 innings without allowing a home run, from May 15-Aug. 8...Recorded 165 outs and 143 of them (86.7%) came in the ninth inning...He recorded four outs in the eighth inning and 18 outs in extra innings...Pitched in three of Philadelphia’s four games during the 2024 NLDS vs. the Mets…he pitched a scoreless eighth inning in a 7-6 Game 2 win, but was charged with an unearned run in the eighth inning of a Game 3 loss...Entered with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth inning of Game 4, and surrendered a go-ahead grand slam to Francisco Lindor.
2023
First season with Angels...Appeared in 63 games and logged career-high 31 saves, tied for fourth-most in AL...Recorded career-high 31st save of the season Sept. 23 at Minnesota; First Angel with a 30+ save season since Raisel Iglesias (34 SV) in 2021...Averaged career-high 11.3 strikeouts per nine in 2023 (previous high was 10.1 K/9 in 2019 and 2020)...Collected 50th career save Aug. 13 at Houston...Was successful in first 23 save opportunities this year, setting a franchise record for longest streak to begin a season...Previous record belonged to Hall of Famer Lee Smith, who converted first 19 save chance in 1995...Earned fifth win of season July 30 at Toronto, tying career high (2017)...Selected to first career All-Star Team...Pitched 1.0 inning with two strikeouts in the All-Star Game...First Angels reliever to make All-Star team since Jordan Walden in 2011...Winner of 2023 Nick Adenhart Pitcher of the Year Award for outstanding performance in the regular season.
2022
Appeared in 62 games for Rockies, his third campaign with 60 or more outings (also: 2016 and 2021)...Held opponents to a .211 (44/209) batting average, which was lowest mark of career…His .204 (20/98) average against right-handers was second-lowest on team among RHP (min. 75 BF)...Following All-Star Break, was 2-0 with one save and a 1.40 ERA (25.2 IP - 4 ER) across 26 appearances...Had streak of 13 games (13.0 IP) without an earned run allowed, Aug. 3-Sept. 2, which was second-longest career stretch without an earned run (longest was 14 games, July 31-Sept. 3, 2021)...His 2.03 ERA (31 IP – 7 ER) from July 3 through the end of the season, ranked eighth lowest among National League relivers (min. 30 games)...Recorded first strikeout of season in his ninth appearance, May 6 at Arizona...Marked longest stretch without a strikeout of his career...Pitched in both games of June 11 doubleheader at San Diego for second time in his career (also: Aug. 31, 2016 vs. Dodgers).
2021
Appeared in 64 games in his fifth season Major League season, all with Colorado … recorded a career-high-tying 11 saves, his most since his rookie season in 2016...Moved to the closer role on Aug. 27 and converted nine of 11 save opportunities through the end of the season...Posted a 14-game scoreless streak July 31-Sept. 3, the longest of his career … over the streak, tossed 14 innings and allowed 12 hits with five walks and 15 strikeouts...Allowed one or more hits in a career-high 10 consecutive outings from Sept. 4-27 … gave up a hit in 44 of 64 outings on the season … set a season-high with four hits allowed Sept. 27 vs Washington (matched 3x)...In 25 games July 6-Sept. 3, posted a 1.96 ERA (23.0 IP, 5 ER) with 22 hits, seven walks and 25 strikeouts...Season-high three strikeouts Aug. 13 at San Francisco and Aug. 27 at Los Angeles-NL...One stint on the injured list May 3-22 with a strained right middle finger.
2020
Appeared in a team-high 26 games, tied for the sixth-most appearances in the National League...Scored upon once over his first nine appearances through Aug. 11 (0.96 ERA), and twice through his first 15 appearances through Aug. 25 (2.25 ERA)...Went 0-3 with a 18.00 ERA (8.0 IP, 16 ER) over his last 11 appearances, from Aug. 29 through the end of the season, allowing five of his six home runs over that span…suffered three losses in a span of five outings from Sept. 4-13, tied for the third-most losses by a reliever in the NL...Earned his first save since his rookie season on Aug. 16 vs. Texas…induced a ground ball out for Colorado’s second one-pitch save of the season (also: Jairo Díaz, Aug. 2 vs. San Diego), and the fifth one-pitch save in franchise history.
2019
Made a club-high and career-high 71 relief appearances, tied for 11th in the National League ... Posted a career-low 3.75 ERA (72.0 IP, 30 ER), the second-lowest ERA by a Rockies reliever (min. 15 appearances) behind Scott Oberg's 2.25 ERA ... Among National League relievers, ranked tied for 11th in appearances, tied for 10th in innings (72.0) and tied for 14th in strikeouts (81) … his 81 strikeouts were tied for 10th most by a Rockies reliever in franchise history ... Posted a 2.62 ERA (34.1 IP, 10 ER) on the road, the sixth lowest road ERA by a reliever in the National League (min. 30 appearances) … scored upon seven times in 35 road appearances … allowed only four runs over his last 20 road games (1.71 ERA) ... Recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque on April 2 and spent the remainder of the season on the active roster … had one stint on the family medical emergency list Aug. 4-10 ... Allowed runs in each of his first three games after his recall … after April 11, scored upon 18 times in 68 games for a 3.49 ERA (67.0 IP, 26 ER) ... Had a career-long 9.2-inning, 10-appearance scoreless streak from Sept. 1-16 ... Struck out a career-high four batters over 1.2 innings July 20 at New York-AL ... Pitched a career-high-tying two innings five times, allowing runs in two of those outings ... Recorded two wins on the season … his win on May 1 at Milwaukee was his first since Aug. 9, 2017.
2018
Spent a majority of the season on the disabled list due to a left oblique strain and right elbow strain ... Made 28 appearances for Triple-A Albuquerque, going 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA (28.1 IP, 20 ER), 11 walks and 35 strikeouts ... On 10-day disabled list with an oblique strain from March 26 to April 23 when he was transferred to the 60-day DL with an elbow strain … had two rehab stints with Albuquerque (April 5-16, and June 25-July 15) … reinstated from disabled list and optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on July 15.
2017
After making his first career Opening Day roster, appeared in 35 games with the Rockies across eight stints, including two stints as the 26th man in a doubleheader...Went 5-0 with a 5.57 ERA (32.1 IP, 20 ER), 14 walks and 31 strikeouts...Made his first career postseason appearance in the National League Wild Card Game at Arizona on Oct. 4 … allowed one run on one hit in 0.1 innings pitched...His five wins as a reliever were tied for the most among Rockie relief pitchers and tied for 11th-most in the National League...Finished the regular season on a six inning scoreless streak … was scoreless in 11 of 14 outings after his last recall on Sept. 1, going 0-0 with a 3.86 ERA (11.2 IP, 5 ER) with six walks and 12 strikeouts over that span.
2016
Made his Major League debut and ranked third among Major League rookies with 11 saves...Recorded 11 saves in 18 opportunities, the most saves by a rookie in franchise history...Led the team with 55.0 relief innings pitched … his 63 appearances were second-most on the club and the most among right-handed pitchers...Earned his first career save on June 11 vs. San Diego and his first Major League win on May 21 at Pittsburgh...Became the first Major League rookie since Trevor Rosenthal (2013) to record three consecutive saves...Recorded seven saves in as many opportunities in July, posting a 1.80 ERA (10.0 IP, 2 ER)...Led the Rockies in strikeouts as a reliever with 59...Only allowed 23.4% (4/17) of inherited runners to score.
2015
Split time between High-A Modesto and Double-A New Britain, going a combined 5-3 with a 3.40 ERA (55.2 IP, 21 ER), 18 saves in 23 opportunities, 68 strikeouts and 14 walks…Set career-highs in innings pitched, saves, strikeouts and WHIP (1.17) with a career-low 3.40 ERA…Began the season with High-A Modesto where he went 5-0 with a 1.37 ERA (19.2 IP, 3 ER) and five saves before being promoted to Double-A New Britain…Recorded 13 saves in 17 opportunities with New Britain, the second-most saves on the club, as the primary closer in the second half of the season … registered 43 strikeouts to only nine walks…as named a Rising Star in the Arizona Fall League after going 1-2 with a 3.97 ERA (11.1 IP, 5 ER) and six saves in 11 outings for the Salt River Rafters…Was added to the Rockies 40 man roster Nov. 20.
2014
Appeared in 33 games out of the bullpen for Low-A Asheville, holding opposing batters to a career-low .238 batting average...Struck out 50 batters while walking only 11 for a 4.54 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Began the season by posting a 1.20 ERA (15.0 IP, 2 ER) in eight outings in April … struck out 17 batters while walking only three.
2013
Spent a majority of the season with Rookie Level Grand Junction after appearing in two games for Short-Season Tri-City to begin the season...Appeared in 22 games for Grand Junction, going 5-1 with a 3.79 ERA (35.2 IP, 15 ER)...His 35.2 innings pitched for Grand Junction were the most on the club by a reliever.
2012
Spent his second consecutive season with the Dominican Summer League Rockies...Went 3-3 with a 3.35 ERA (45.2 IP, 17 ER) in nine starts, 0-0 with an 8.31 ERA (8.2 IP, 8 ER) in three relief appearances...Pitched a seven-inning complete game Aug. 9 at the DSL Cubs … allowed only one unearned run on three hits and one walk while striking out two.
2011
Made six starts and two relief appearances for the DSL Rockies in his first professional season...Pitched a five inning complete game in his last start of the season, Aug. 16 vs. the DSL Diamondbacks...Struck out five batters in two innings in his first professional outing, June 18 at the DSL Diamondbacks.
