Pablo Ortega (baseball)

Baseball player

Pablo Ortega
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team competition Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena National team

Pablo Javier Ortega Salinas (born November 7, 1976) is a Mexican former

Pablo led Tampa Bay farmhands in 1999 with 13 losses, splitting time between St. Petersburg (1-2, 1.93), the Orlando Rays (8-10, 3.87) and the Durham Bulls (0-1, 34.71 in one atrocious start). In the winter of 1999–2000, Ortega was with the Venados de Mazatlán and was 4–6 with a 3.08 ERA, battling rare control problems (44 BB in 76 IP).

Ortega's control did not return in 2000 with the

Ortega led Mazatlán in 2004–2005, now going 9–3 with a 2.88 ERA, one win behind LMPB leader Jorge Campillo. Ortega was 5th in the league in ERA. Mazatlán made it to the 2005 Caribbean Series and pulled off a title. Ortega helped, going 1–0 with a 1.13 ERA to team with Campos and Campillo for a fine trio on the hill.

In the regular season, Ortega was 8–5 with a 4.45 ERA for the Tigers. The winter of 2005–2006 was semisweet – his record was 4-5 but his 2.49 ERA was second only to Spike Lundberg. Mazatlán went 35-32 even though their top two hurlers, Ortega and Campos, combined to go 8–11. In the 2006 Caribbean Series, he allowed two runs in nine innings in a no-decision against Puerto Rico.

Ortega was a strong performer in the

The right-hander had a 7–6, 3.29 record for the 2006–2007 Venados, finishing 6th in the LMP in ERA. He was smacked around in the 2007 Caribbean Series, going 0–2 with a 12.79 ERA, twice losing to the champion Águilas Cibaeñas. In the 2007 Pan American Games, Ortega allowed five baserunners but only one run in 2 2/3 IP, striking out three in two relief stints.

With the Tigres de Quintana Roo in 2007, Ortega posted a mark of 12–3, 2.38 with only 91 hits and 28 walks in 113 1/3 innings. He lost Pitcher of the Year honors to Nerio Rodríguez. He went 5–4 with a 2.86 ERA for Mazaltan in 2007–2008, walking 20 and allowing 75 hits in 94 1/3 innings.

In the

For Mazatlán in the 2009 Caribbean Series, he started a win over the Ponce Lions but got a no-decision; he allowed one run in 6 1/3 IP despite nine hits and three walks. Ortega allowed 5 runs in 4 2/3 IP in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He lasted just two innings in his only start, against Cuba. For the summer of 2009, Pablo was 13–5 with a 3.19 ERA for Quintana Roo. He tied Roberto Ramírez for second in the Mexican League in wins, behind Andres Meza. He was also 7th in ERA.

Ortega was 1–1 with a 4.00 ERA in the

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games^{[permanent dead link]}