Coach Ortega is entering his 9th year as the Director of Baseball Operations & Recruiting Coordinator for the New England Scorpions. In his time as director, Ortega has had 100 high school players commit to various Colleges / Universities across the country (Notre Dame, Houston, Boston College, Harvard, UCONN, Pitt & more). He has also had two major league draft picks: Ben Sears, selected in the 2022 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals, and Ryan Andrade, selected in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Scorpions New England program has championship wins, such as Perfect Game (FL), Perfect Game WWBA New England, Perfect Game Select (NY) and Perfect Game World Series (MA). The program has also seen numerous #1 Regional rankings, while also having teams ranked top 100 in the country by Perfect Game.
Prior to Ortega becoming the Director of Baseball Operations, he served as an assistant coach at the Community College of Rhode Island. At CCRI he served as their national recruiting coordinator / hitting & infielders coach. He helped the Knights finish second in the country in hitting and third in the country in fielding percentage. It was the highest ranking in CCRI Knights history. Ortega also assisted at the University of Rhode Island with camps & showcases.
