Jared Mortensen
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| Québec Capitales – No. 37 | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: June 1, 1988 Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||
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Jared Paul Mortensen (born June 1, 1988) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Québec Capitales of the Frontier League.
Career[]
Mortensen played college baseball at Mount Olive College and the Louisiana State University in Shreveport. After going undrafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, he signed with the Grand Prairie AirHogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Later in the year, he signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays.[1][2]
In 2017, Mortensen signed with the Texas AirHogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
On January 10, 2018, Mortensen was traded to the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He was released on April 24, 2018.
On May 2, 2018, Mortensen signed with the Cleburne Railroaders of the American Association. He was traded to the Kansas City T-Bones on August 15, 2018.
On March 27, 2019, Mortensen was traded to the Ottawa Champions of the Can-Am League.
On March 24, 2020, Mortensen signed with the Welland Jackfish of the Intercounty Baseball League.
In 2021, he was a pitcher for the Équipe Québec of the independent Frontier League. In the regular season, he started 4 games, went 22 innings with a 5.72 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP and 22 strikeouts. In the postseason, he started 1 game and allowed no runs through 7 innings, threw 8 strikeouts, and allowed 2 walks and 2 hits. He would end up re-signing with the Québec Capitales for the 2022 season after the dissolution of Équipe Québec.
International career[]
In 2015, Mortensen was selected to play for the Canada national baseball team at the Pan American Games.[3]
On January 9, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier.[4]
References[]
- ^ Pitcher Mortensen overcomes long odds, signs with Tampa Bay Rays
- ^ Jared Mortensen takes whirlwind journey to Biscuits
- ^ Andrew Albers leads Canada's Pan Am baseball roster
- ^ "Baseball Canada announces roster for Pan Am Games Qualifier". Baseball Canada. January 9, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from British Columbia
- Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Canada national baseball team players
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Charlotte Stone Crabs players
- Cleburne Railroaders players
- Durham Bulls players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- Grand Prairie AirHogs players
- Kansas City T-Bones players
- Leones del Escogido players
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Louisiana State University Shreveport alumni
- Montgomery Biscuits players
- Mount Olive Trojans baseball players
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Ottawa Champions players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- Sportspeople from Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Texas AirHogs players
- 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games