Jesús Delgado


Jesús Andres Delgado Corrales is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher and current professional baseball coach in the Texas Rangers organization. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins. He also played for the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz and the Leones de Yucatan of the Mexican Baseball League.

Professional career

Boston Red Sox

He was signed by Red Sox as non-drafted free agent on February 20, 2001. In his first year in he went 0–2 with 5.34 ERA in 10 games in the Dominican Summer League. He also participated in Fall Instructional League. Delgado missed the season due to elbow injury that required surgery on Ulnar Collateral Ligament, more commonly known as Tommy John surgery. He also missed the season recovering from the injury. He spent time with the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets and the Red Sox Gulf Coast League affiliate. Delgado went 1–5 with 5.22 ERA in 21 games with Augusta. He had a 2.77 ERA in 13 games on road, and 10.07 ERA in eight games at home. Placed on the disabled list from July 10 to August 22, and made one rehab start with the GCL Red Sox where he allowed two earned runs in 1.2 innings. Later that season, he participated in the Fall Instructional League and he also pitched for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League. In Delgado spent his entire season with the Single-A Greenville Drive, where he went 7–3 with two saves and 3.50 ERA in 33 games.

Florida Marlins

He was acquired from Red Sox with Hanley Ramírez, Aníbal Sánchez and Harvey García in exchange for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota on November 24, 2005.

Seattle Mariners

On March 15,, Delgado was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.

Cincinnati Reds

On January 20, 2010, Delgado signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds.

Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz

On March 18, 2011, Delgado signed with the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz of the Mexican Baseball League. He was released on July 26, 2011.

Leones de Yucatan

On March 16, 2012, Delgado signed with the Leones de Yucatan of the Mexican Baseball League. He was released on April 6, 2012.

Coaching Career

Delgado joined the Texas Rangers organization as a coach in 2017, and has been as the pitching coach of the DSL Rangers since 2017.

Personal life

He graduated from U.E. Torres Bina in 2002.