Jesús Esteban Quiroz Ortiz (born February 17, 1992) is a Mexican professional
baseball
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infielder
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Standard arrangement of positions
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for the
Sultanes de Monterrey
The Sultanes de Monterrey (English: Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball club in the Mexican League (LMB) based in Monterrey, Mexico. Established in 1939 as Carta Blanca, the Sultanes have won ten LMB titles, most recently in 2018. Fro ...
of the
Mexican League
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The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games ...
. He has previously played in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for the
Chicago Cubs
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. He plays on the
Mexico national baseball team
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Current rost ...
.
Career
Tigres de Quintana Roo
Quiroz made his professional debut for the
Tigres de Quintana Roo
The Tigres de Quintana Roo (English: Quintana Roo Tigers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The team is part of the Southern Division (). The team has won twelve championships to date: ...
of the Mexican Baseball League in 2011. He played primarily at shortstop and second base.
Leones de Yucatan
The Tigres traded Quiroz to the
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before the 2017 season.
Quiroz played for the
Mexico national baseball team
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in the
2017 World Baseball Classic
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, and hit a
leadoff home run
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for Mexico in the first game of
Pool D
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. He went 4-for-6 with two home runs (one of them off major leaguer
Yusmeiro Petit
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) and a
double
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. Following his participation in the WBC, Quiroz batted .293/.428/.488/.916 in for the
Leones de Yucatán
The Leones de Yucatán (English: Yucatán Lions) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. The team plays its home games at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán. The Leones have won the Mexican League title five times in 1957 ...
of the Mexican League. Quiroz registered more
walks (64) than
strikeout
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s (41) in 358 plate appearances.
Boston Red Sox
On November 22, 2017, Quiroz signed a minor league contract with the
Boston Red Sox
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. He started the 2018 season with the
Double-A Portland Sea Dogs
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, his first time playing professional baseball outside of Mexico. He played in 15 games before he was placed on the
disabled list
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in late April for surgery for a
sports hernia
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. On August 10, he was sent on a rehabilitation assignment with the
Gulf Coast League Red Sox
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, then activated by Portland on August 24. Between the two teams he batted .283/.406/.547 in 106 at bats.
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San Diego Padres
The Red Sox traded Quiroz to the San Diego Padres
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in exchange for pitcher Colten Brewer on November 20, 2018. Quiroz spent the 2019 season with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas
The El Paso Chihuahuas are a Minor League Baseball team based in El Paso, Texas. The Chihuahuas compete in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) as the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The team plays its home games at Sou ...
, playing primarily second base, hitting .271/.384/.539/.923 with 19 home runs and 66 RBI.
Tampa Bay Rays
On March 26, 2020, the Padres traded Quiroz to the Tampa Bay Rays
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as the player to be named later
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in the December 2019 trade that sent Tommy Pham
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and Jake Cronenworth
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Cronenworth was born and raised in eastern Michigan. He played three seasons of college baseba ...
to San Diego in exchange for Hunter Renfroe
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and Xavier Edwards. The 2020 minor league season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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, but the Rays invited Quiroz to be one of the 60 players in their training pool.[ Quiroz played in 68 games in 2021 for the Triple-A ]Durham Bulls
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, hitting .268 with 12 home runs and 48 RBI.
Chicago Cubs
On March 25, 2022, the Rays traded Quiroz to the Chicago Cubs
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in exchange for Harold Ramírez. Quiroz began the 2022 season with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs
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. The Cubs promoted him to the major leagues on September 17 and he made his major league debut that day. On September 20, Quiroz collected his first MLB hit, a single off of Miami Marlins
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starter Pablo López. Quiroz appeared in 14 games for Chicago, hitting .275/.370/.275 with 3 RBI. On November 11, 2022, was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Triple-A Iowa.
Philadelphia Phillies
On March 23, 2023, Quiroz was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies
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in exchange for cash considerations. In 96 games for the Triple–A Lehigh Valley IronPigs
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, he batted .231/.348/.354 with seven home runs, 59 RBI, and seven stolen bases.
Quiroz returned to Lehigh Valley in 2024, playing in 54 contests and hitting .158/.290/.260 with four home runs and 22 RBI. He was released by the Phillies organization on July 14, 2024.
Sultanes de Monterrey
On February 17, 2025, Quiroz signed with the Sultanes de Monterrey
The Sultanes de Monterrey (English: Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball club in the Mexican League (LMB) based in Monterrey, Mexico. Established in 1939 as Carta Blanca, the Sultanes have won ten LMB titles, most recently in 2018. Fro ...
of the Mexican League
The Mexican Baseball League (, or LMB, ) is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country.
The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games ...
.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quiroz, Esteban
1992 births
Living people
Algodoneros de Guasave players
Arizona Complex League Cubs players
Cañeros de Los Mochis players
Chicago Cubs players
Durham Bulls players
El Paso Chihuahuas players
Florida Complex League Rays players
Gulf Coast Red Sox players
Iowa Cubs players
Lehigh Valley IronPigs players
Leones de Yucatán players
Major League Baseball infielders
Major League Baseball players from Mexico
21st-century Mexican sportsmen
Mesa Solar Sox players
Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
Mexican League baseball second basemen
Mexican League baseball shortstops
Mexican League baseball third basemen
Baseball players from Ciudad Obregón
Portland Sea Dogs players
Tigres de Quintana Roo players
Venados de Mazatlán players
Yaquis de Obregón players
2017 World Baseball Classic players
2019 WBSC Premier12 players
World Baseball Classic players of Mexico