Juan Carlos “JC” Gutiérrez Acosta (born July 14, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher.

He was sent back down to Round Rock on August 25 to make room for left-handed pitcher Troy Patton.

On December 14, 2007, Gutierrez was traded in a three-player deal which included pitcher Chad Qualls, infielder Chris Burke to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for José Valverde.

Gutiérrez pitched in 20 games for the Diamondbacks in 2011 before he underwent Tommy John surgery in September.

On July 14, Gutiérrez was designated for assignment to make room for Wade Davis, who was reinstated from the paternity leave list.

[5] On January 6, 2014, Gutiérrez signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants.

[7] On June 8, 2015, Gutiérrez signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

On July 13, 2016, Gutierrez signed with the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican Baseball League.