Esteban Quiroz

Jesús Esteban Quiroz Ortiz (born February 17, 1992) is a Mexican professional baseball infielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He plays on the Mexico national baseball team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Quiroz and the second or maternal family name is Valdez.
Esteban Quiroz
Quiroz with Tigres de Quintana Roo in 2016
Tampa Bay Rays
Infielder
Born: (1992-02-17) February 17, 1992
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Medals
Men’s baseball
Representing  Mexico
2019 WBSC Premier12
2019 Tokyo National team

Career

Quiroz made his professional debut for the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican Baseball League in 2011.[1] He played in Mexico until 2018, primarily at shortstop and second base.[2]

He played for the Mexican national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and hit a leadoff home run for Mexico in the first game of Pool D.[3] He went 4-for-6 with two home runs (one of them off major leaguer Yusmeiro Petit) and a double. Following his participation in the WBC, Quiroz batted .293/.428/.488/.916 in for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. Quiroz registered more walks (64) than strikeouts (41) in 358 plate appearances.

On November 22, 2017, Quiroz signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox.[4] He started the 2018 season with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, his first time playing professional baseball outside of Mexico. He played in 15 games before he was placed on the disabled list in late April for surgery for a sports hernia.[5] On August 10, he was sent on a rehabilitation assignment with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox, then activated by Portland on August 24.[6] Between the two teams he batted .283/.406/.547 in 106 at bats.[2]

On November 20, 2018, Quiroz was traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for pitcher Colten Brewer.[7]

Quiroz spent the 2019 season with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas, playing primarily second base, hitting .271/.384/.539/.923 with 19 home runs and 66 RBIs.[8]

On March 26, 2020, Quiroz was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays as the player to be named later in the December 2019 trade that sent Tommy Pham and Jake Cronenworth to San Diego in exchange for Hunter Renfroe and Xavier Edwards.

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References
  1. "Esteban Quiroz, nuevo refuerzo de los Leones de Yucatán – Leones de Yucatán". Leones.mx. November 25, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. "Esteban Quiroz Mexican, Winter, Fall & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. Matt Kelly (January 20, 2016). "Mexico's Esteban Quiroz hits leadoff HR". MLB.com. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  4. Mike Cole (November 22, 2017). "Red Sox Sign Esteban Quiroz From Mexican League To Add Second Base Depth". NESN. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. Jim Calis (October 24, 2018). "Another young 3B stud among Red Sox in AFL". MLB.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  6. "Esteban Quiroz". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  7. RotoWire Staff (November 20, 2018). "Padres' Esteban Quiroz: Lands in San Diego". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  8. Felix F. Chavez (July 12, 2019). "Fernando Tatis Jr. won't start in El Paso, but Chihuahuas lineup may still have big names". El Paso Times. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
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