Joey Ortiz
Baltimore Orioles – No. 65
Infielder
Born: (1998-07-14) July 14, 1998
Garden Grove, California, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 27, 2023, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.212
Home runs0
Runs batted in4
Teams

Joseph Anthony Ortiz (born July 14, 1998) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Amateur career

Ortiz attended Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California, where he played baseball and hit .417 with six triples as a senior in 2016.[1] He went unselected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at New Mexico State University to play college baseball for the New Mexico State Aggies.

As a freshman at New Mexico State in 2017, Ortiz played in 55 games and hit .306 with 14 extra-base hits and 35 RBIs.[2] For the 2018 season, he played sixty games and batted .289 with seven home runs, 54 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases.[3] That summer, he played for the Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League.[4] As a junior in 2019, Ortiz played in 55 games and batted .422 with eight home runs, 84 RBIs, 12 stolen bases, and 25 doubles and was one of five finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award.[5]

Professional career

The Baltimore Orioles selected Ortiz in the fourth round with the 108th overall selection in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[6] Ortiz signed with the Orioles and made his professional debut with the Aberdeen IronBirds, batting .241 with one home run and 17 RBIs over 56 games.[7] {{citation needed span |text=He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] He started the 2021 season with Aberdeen and was promoted to the Bowie Baysox during the season, but played in only 35 games between both teams due to a shoulder injury.[9] Over those 35 games, he hit .265 with four home runs and 17 RBIs.[10] He returned to Bowie to begin the 2022 season.[11] In late August, he was promoted to the Norfolk Tides.[12] Over 137 games between both teams, he slashed .284/.349/.477 with 19 home runs, 85 RBIs, and 35 doubles.[13]

On November 15, 2022, the Orioles selected Ortiz's contract and added him to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[14] Ortiz was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk to begin the 2023 season.[15] He played in 16 games, hitting .359/.389/.500 with no home runs and 8 RBI.

On April 27, 2023, Ortiz was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "All%2DTime Records".
  2. ↑ "New Mexico State picked second behind Grand Canyon in WAC preseason poll".
  3. ↑ "2019 College Baseball Daily Season Preview and Predictions: WAC". January 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Stingers fall late to Larks". July 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2019 Brooks Wallace Award finalists released". MLB.com.
  6. ↑ "New Mexico State's Joey Ortiz selected by Baltimore Orioles".
  7. ↑ "Unassuming shortstop Joey Ortiz fits right in with fellow 2019 draftees".
  8. ↑ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Joey Ortiz's spring training highlight only a glimpse of what Orioles shortstop prospect can provide".
  10. ↑ "Orioles' Ortiz remains highly rated; Mayo brings power; Norby likes competition". March 9, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Orioles minor league report: Joey Ortiz completes grand July as Colton Cowser also goes off for Bowie".
  12. ↑ "Orioles promote hot-hitting prospects Colton Cowser, Joey Ortiz to Triple-A Norfolk".
  13. ↑ "Joseph Ortiz Stats, Fantasy & News".
  14. ↑ "Orioles add Grayson Rodriguez, 4 other prospects to 40-man roster for Rule 5 draft protection". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  15. ↑ "Orioles' Joey Ortiz: Optioned to minors". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  16. ↑ "Orioles' Joey Ortiz: Summoned to majors". CBSSports.com.
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