in eight relief appearances that year. On July 30, 2013, Villarreal was traded to the Boston Red Sox along with Jake Peavy in a three-team trade that sent Avisail García and Francellis Montas to the Chicago White Sox and José Iglesias to the Detroit Tigers. He was designated for assignment by the Red Sox on January 22, 2014. Though Villarreal threw only four pitches for the Red Sox in 2013 (a walk-off bases-loaded walk against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park), his lone appearance still qualified him for a 2013 World Series ring, which he received during the championship ring ceremony at Fenway Park in April 2014. He became a free agent after the 2014 season. He has since retired from professional baseball. Repertoire Villarreal throws three pitches: a four-seam and two-seam fastball that tops out at about 100 mph, and a slider in the upper 80s. Villarreal likes to get ahead of hitters with his fastballs and then use his slider to put them away. Personal life In March 2013, Villarreal's family home in Venezuela was attacked by three armed robbers who threatened to kidnap his relatives in the future. Police were alerted to suspicious circumstances by a neighbor. The robbers had assaulted Villarreal's father and threatened to kill his mother and younger brother if they made any noise when officers arrived. Villareal married former Miss Rhode Island and North Bay Village, Florida Commissioner Julianna Clare Strout. In October 2021, she posed as a paralegal three times in order to enter Krome Service Processing Center, a migrant detention center in Miami, so that she could visit Villareal, who was being detained there. She claimed to be eight months pregnant with his child. She subsequently pled guilty to entering a federal facility using fraud and false pretenses. See also List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela References External links , or Retrosheet, or Venezuelan Professional Baseball League 1988 births Boston Red Sox players Caribes de Anzoátegui players Detroit Tigers players Erie SeaWolves players Gulf Coast Red Sox players Gulf Coast Tigers players Lakeland Flying Tigers players Living people Lowell Spinners players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from Venezuela Pawtucket Red Sox players Tiburones de La Guaira players Toledo Mud Hens players Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States Venezuelan Summer League Tigers/Marlins players West Michigan Whitecaps players People from La Guaira