Esteban Quiroz
Jesús Esteban Quiroz Ortiz is a Mexican professional baseball infielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He plays on the Mexico national baseball team.Career
Quiroz made his professional debut for the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican Baseball League in 2011. He played in Mexico until 2018, primarily at shortstop and second base.
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. He went 4-for-6 with two home runs 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 than strikeouts in 358 plate appearances.
On November 22, 2017, Quiroz signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. 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. On August 10, he was sent on a rehabilitation assignment with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox, then activated by Portland on August 24. Between the two teams he batted.283/.406/.547 in 106 at bats.
On November 20, 2018, Quiroz was traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for pitcher Colten Brewer.
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.
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.
