Luis Ortiz

Luis Francisco Ortiz (born September 22, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. The Texas Rangers selected Ortiz in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2018. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, and Philadelphia Phillies.

Career Ortiz is of Mexican American descent.

High school and international Ortiz attended Sanger High School in Sanger, California. In his senior season, he had a 1.04 ERA with 72 strikeouts and 7 walks in 43.2 innings, while missing a few starts due to a forearm strain.

He was a closer for the 18-and-under USA Baseball national team that won a gold medal, and Ortiz won the World Cup MVP award.

Texas Rangers The Texas Rangers selected Ortiz 30th overall in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He signed on June 11 for a signing bonus of $1.75 million. Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said "[He has] good pure stuff and is a strike thrower with a big fastball with life. His out-pitch is a power slider. He has a repeatable delivery. He's a big-time competitor."

He spent 2015 with Hickory, going 4–1 with a 1.80 ERA in 13 games started, pitching 50 innings in which Ortiz had 46 strikeouts. He was on the disabled list for over two months with right forearm strain. He was assigned to the Double–A Biloxi Shuckers. In 22 games between High Desert, Frisco, and Biloxi, Oritz posted a 6–8 record with one save and a 3.08 ERA in 22 games (20 starts).

After being ranked the #3 prospect in the Brewers system by Baseball America, Oritz returned to Biloxi in 2017.

MLB.com ranked Ortiz as Milwaukee's fifth-best prospect going into the 2018 season, and Baseball America ranked him as its #4 prospect. He began the season with Biloxi. In July, he represented the Brewers in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. Pitching for the Triple–A Norfolk Tides (with whom he was the youngest player on the team's roster at 22 years of age) and Double–A Biloxi in 2018, he was a combined 5–5 with two saves and a 3.70 ERA as in 22 games (17 starts) in innings he gave up 26 walks and had 86 strikeouts. After being put on the injured list on July 4, 2019, he made only one appearance the rest of the season. Ortiz did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He became a free agent on November 2, 2020.

Texas Rangers (second stint) On December 16, 2020, Ortiz signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. Ortiz spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Round Rock Express. He made 28 appearances (4 starts), going 2–2 with a 4.60 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 44 innings. Pitching for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats in 2022, he was 4–3 with two saves and a 4.54 ERA in 35 games (four starts), as in 67.1 innings he had 13 walks and 72 strikeouts. With the Giants, Ortiz posted a 1.04 ERA with 6 strikeouts in innings of work. In 14 games for the Phillies, he recorded a 3.32 ERA with 16 strikeouts across 19 innings pitched.

Ortiz made one appearance for the Phillies in 2024 before he suffered a left ankle sprain and was placed on the injured list on March 31. While on rehab assignment, he injured his forearm, and was transferred to the 60-day injured list on July 5. It was later announced that Ortiz had undergone Tommy John surgery, ending his season prematurely. On November 4, Ortiz was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Lehigh Valley. Two days later, he elected free agency.

New York Mets On December 20, 2024, Ortiz signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets. On July 28, 2025, he was placed on the full-season injured list, ruling him out for the season without making an appearance. Ortiz was released by the Mets organization on January 27, 2026.