Héctor Neris (born June 14, 1989) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs.

[6] However, after the game, he was optioned back to Lehigh Valley to open a roster spot for the next night's starting pitcher, David Buchanan.

[1] In 2016, Neris served as a setup man in the Phillies bullpen, with a record of 4–4, 2 saves, 28 holds (tied for 4th in the NL), and posting an earned run average of 2.58 in 79 games (3rd in the National League).

[19] On April 12, 2022, at Chase Field, he struck out two in a perfect eighth inning versus the Arizona Diamondbacks to earn his first win in an Astros uniform in a 2–1 score.

[20] On June 7, 2022, Neris was suspended 4 games for throwing at the head of the Seattle Mariners third basemen Eugenio Suárez.

The 14th no-hitter in Astros' history, Cristian Javier started the game and Ryan Pressly closed it for a save.

[a][23] Neris earned his second save of the season on August 12, 2022, by throwing a scoreless ninth in a 7–5 win over the Oakland Athletics.

[25] On September 19, Neris closed out the final inning of a 4–0 defeat of the Tampa Bay Rays and clinch a fifth American League West division title for the Astros over the previous six seasons.

[26] On October 4, 2022, Neris made his first career appearance versus the Phillies and induced two perfect outs in an on-going no-hitter that Houston pitching maintained until the ninth inning.

[27] For the 2022 regular season, Neris made 70 appearances, ranking fifth in the AL among pitchers,[1] and had 25 holds, which tied for third and led the Astros.

[1] In his first career postseason appearance, Neris induced a two-out, bases-loaded groundout from Cal Raleigh in the sixth inning in Game 2 of the American League Division Series {ALDS} versus the Seattle Mariners, and was the winning pitcher.

He struck out nine, allowed no walks, and this performance netted a 9.9% championship win probability added (cWPA).

In the AL Wild Card Series (WCS), he made one scoreless appearance versus the Detroit Tigers, getting both outs of 2⁄3 inning via strikeout.

[35] Neris exclusively relies on throwing his split-fingered fastball to get outs, utilizing it at higher percentage than his four-seam fastball and sinker at 40.6% in the 2021 season and throwing it a career high 65.3% in 2019 which lead to him collecting a career high 28 saves with 57 strikeouts on his splitter alone in 2019.