Ortiz Signs Free Agent Deal With San Diego Padres

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia baseball graduate pupil Devin Ortiz signed free agent cope with the San Diego Padres on Tuesday (July 26).

Ortiz joins the Padres group as a two-way participant simply as he was over the period of his Cavalier profession.

He put forth his finest collegiate season each on the mound and on the plate in 2022. He was one among 5 finalists for the John Olerud Two-Manner Participant of the 12 months Award. He picked up Second Crew All-America honors as a utility participant from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, NCBWA and Faculty Baseball Basis. Ortiz performed in all 58 video games for the Cavaliers in 2022 and on the plate batted .286 (62-for-217) with 12 doubles, seven residence runs and a career-high 47 RBI. On the mound he went 5-1 with a 2.03 ERA in 26.2 innings pitched. He fanned 37 batters and walked solely three.

Ortiz had a knack for the massive second in his time at UVA. His walk-off, solo residence run within the tenth inning of the 2021 NCAA Columbia Regional in opposition to ODU despatched UVA to its seventh Tremendous Regional. He additionally began the sport on the mound, pitched 4 shutout innings and fanned six batters earlier than being named the Columbia Regional Most Excellent Participant.

In his 2022 marketing campaign, he helped Virginia erase a three-run 10^th inning deficit with a walk-off grand slam to clinch the collection in opposition to North Carolina on April 23. Ortiz is the one UVA participant within the final 22 years with two profession walk-off homers.