Omar Beltré

Omar Beltré (Born August 24, 1981) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.

Professional career Texas Rangers Minor leagues Beltre signed with the Texas Rangers on March 1, 2000. He received a $600,000 bonus, the largest the Rangers have ever given an international player. He was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Rangers, and went 5–4 with a 3.54 earned run average and 44 strikeouts in his first professional season. He improved to 6–3 with a 3.38 ERA and 83 strikeouts for the Appalachian League's Pulaski Rangers in 2001, leading his team in both wins and strikeouts.

After sitting out the entire 2002 season with an injury,

He missed all of the 2008 season and most of 2009 with another injury. After spring training, he was assigned to the triple A Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Pacific Coast League, where he went 0–5 with a 2.39 ERA in fifteen games (five starts) before getting called up to the majors.

He was optioned to the Triple A Oklahoma City RedHawks on July 6, 2010, and never made another major league appearance.

Beltré underwent surgery for spinal stenosis in February 2011. On November 2, 2011, Beltré was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Oklahoma City. He became a free agent two days later.