Kaleb James Ort (born February 5, 1992) is an American

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for the

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(MLB). Listed at and , he throws and bats right-handed.

Biography

Ort grew up in Lowell, Michigan, and played

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; he was not selected in the MLB draft. He first played professionally during 2016 and 2017 for the Joliet Slammers of the

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Frontier League. Ort was briefly in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, but did not play for any of their farm teams. He was signed by the

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in May 2017, and played in their organization through the 2019 season, reaching the Triple-A level. After not playing during 2020 due to cancellation of the minor-league season, Ort was selected by the

during the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft in December 2020. Ort opened the 2021 season in Triple-A with the Worcester Red Sox. On September 10, the Red Sox added Ort to their active roster. He made his major-league debut on September 13; pitching in relief against the

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, he allowed one hit and no runs in of an inning. Ort was returned to Worcester, and removed from the

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, on September 14. In 42 relief appearances with Worcester, Ort recorded 19 saves with a 2.98

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(ERA) while striking out 62 batters in

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. Ort returned to Worcester to begin the 2022 season, pitching out of the bullpen as a closer. He was added to Boston's active roster on July 9, and made his first MLB appearance of the season the next day. He split time between Worcester and Boston during August, and spent almost all of September with Boston. In 25 relief appearances with Boston, Ort pitched to a 1–2 record with one save and a 6.35 ERA while striking out 27 batters in innings. On September 29, 2022, Ort recorded his first ever MLB save by pitching a scoreless 9th inning against the Baltimore Orioles. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS202209290.shtml

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ort, Kaleb 1992 births Living people Baseball players from Grand Rapids, Michigan Major League Baseball pitchers Boston Red Sox players Aquinas Saints baseball players Joliet Slammers players Pulaski Yankees players Staten Island Yankees players Trenton Thunder players Tampa Tarpons players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players Worcester Red Sox players