Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Mauricio Llovera was born April 17, 1996, in El Tigre, Venezuela. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Llovera signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent on February 12, 2015. 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. Llovera spent the 2016 season with the Gulf Coast League Phillies, going 7–1 with a 1.87 ERA over 53 innings. He played the 2017 season with the Lakewood BlueClaws, going 2–4 with a 3.35 ERA over 86 innings. Llovera spent the 2018 season with the Clearwater Threshers, going 8–7 with a 3.72 ERA over 121 innings, with 137 strikeouts. He spent the 2019 season with the Reading Fightin Phils, going 3–4 with a 4.55 ERA over 65 1⁄3 innings.

Llovera was added to the Phillies 40–man roster following the 2019 season. Llovera 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 July 26, 2023, Llovera was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor-league pitcher Marques Johnson. He was added to Boston's active roster on July 29. He made his Red Sox debut that same day at Oracle Park against his former team the San Francisco Giants.