This week I’ve been focusing on the Altoona Curve, and on Wednesday, I had a chance to focus on right-handed pitcher Luis Ortiz, who is our 28th ranked overall prospect in the system, along with the consensus 26th best prospect among all rankings. Below is a report based off that 5/4 start from Ortiz.
The History
The Pirates signed Ortiz for just $25,000 in 2018. He was older when he signed, and ended up getting an aggressive push to Bristol in 2019, skipping over the Dominican Summer League and Gulf Coast League (now the Florida Complex League) entirely.