Blake Ochoa (born September 5, 1985) is a professional

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, who played with the

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and is playing with

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. Ochoa was born in Venezuela and signed as an undrafted

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by the Florida Marlins in 2005. After starting his career in the Venezuelan Summer League, he was moved by the Marlins to the Gulf Coast League, the

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and the New York–Penn League. He was traded to the

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in 2007 and played with their minor league teams through 2010. He signed with the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League in 2011. He also played for the

in the

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., and the

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. He played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019.

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