Although Jorge Cantu had an eventual eight-season major league career, his time with the Marlins resulted in inarguably his best sustained results. A six-foot-three, 205 lb. corner infielder from McAllen, TX, Cantu was never drafted. At the age of 17 he joined the Hudson Valley Renegades in the Short-season-A New York-Penn League for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Born 38 years ago today, Cantu worked his way up through the Rays’ system for the next five+ seasons, ranking fifth in the Southern League with 31 doubles in 2002 for the Double-A Orlando Rays and ranking third in the International League with a .