2020 (Junior): Ortiz appeared as a pitcher and an infielder during the shortened 2020 season...Appeared in three innings of relief with a 6.00 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP...Ortiz notched one strikeout for the Golden Eagles...At the plate, he hit .200 with five games played and one start...Ortiz posted one RBI on the season...Had a .400 OPS for the Golden Eagles.
Prior to Minnesota Crookston: Ortiz joins his teammate Brad Morris as signees for the Golden Eagles...In addition, he joins his former teammate at Riverland Community CollegeÂ
Mason Ruhlman at Minnesota Crookston...Riverland Community College also produced former Golden Eagle Kenny Perez, who was an All-NSIC Second Team pick in 2016, and was named D2CCA All-Region Second Team in 2016...Ortiz helped Riverland to a 23-6 mark as a freshman. He hit .287 as a freshman with 24 runs scored, eight doubles, one home run and 19 RBIs...Ortiz walked nine times, had a .339 on-base percentage, and a .396 slugging percentage...Ortiz had four stolen bases...He was a 2016 Caribbean Top Prospect...He was named to the All-Tournament Team for the 2015 16U Perfect Game tournament...He was named 2017 Perfect Game Preseason All American and All-Region...Ortiz hit .373 with three home runs, 62 RBIs, 24 runs scored and two stolen bases in his sophomore season at Riverland...As a pitcher, Ortiz went 52.0 innings as a sophomore with a 6-1 mark in 10 appearances with seven starts...He posted a 4.50 ERA with 38 strikeouts and 12 walks...Went 3-of-4 with three RBIs and a run scored versus White Rock...Ortiz was 4-of-5 with two doubles and one run scored with five RBIs versus Marian University's junior varsity...As a pitcher, he went seven innings and gave up just two runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts in a win over Minnesota State Community and Technical College...Ortiz went seven innings with just one run allowed and six strikeouts versus Western Tech.
Personal: He is the son of Marcial Ortiz Garcia, and Rosalia Rivas Vazquez. His full name is Yadiel M. Ortiz Rivas. He was born March 23, 1999. Ortiz plans to major in biology.
