Rigoberto Beltrán (born November 13, 1969) is a Mexican former professional baseball

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. He played internationally for the

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. He served as bullpen coach for the

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(MLB) for the 2023 season.

Career

A native of

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, Beltrán attended

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, and is an alumnus of the

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. In 1989 and 1990, he played collegiate summer baseball with the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Drafted by the

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in the 26th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft, Beltrán would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cardinals on June 2, . He pitched for Mexico at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

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, The Baltimore Sun, September 1, 2003. winning a bronze medal. His final game came on April 28, , as a member of the

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. On April 10, 1994, while playing for the

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, he pitched a no-hitter at Shreveport, striking out six and walking two. From to , Beltrán was the pitching coach for the

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; he received a promotion to pitching coach of the Single-A Dayton Dragons for the season. Beltrán joined the Cleveland Indians/Guardians organization in 2014, serving as pitching coach for their Triple-A affilitate, the Columbus Clippers, from 2019 to 2022. He was named the Guardians' major league bullpen coach on December 20, 2022. On October 31, 2023, the Guardians announced that Beltrán would not return as bullpen coach for the 2024 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beltran, Rigo 1969 births Living people Arkansas Travelers players Baseball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Baseball players from Baja California Brewster Whitecaps players Colorado Rockies players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Edmonton Trappers players Hamilton Redbirds players Hiroshima Toyo Carp players Louisville Redbirds players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from Mexico Mexican expatriate baseball players in Canada Mexican expatriate baseball players in Japan Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States Mexican League baseball pitchers Montreal Expos players New York Mets players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Norfolk Tides players Ottawa Lynx players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in baseball Saraperos de Saltillo players Savannah Cardinals players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players Sportspeople from Tijuana St. Louis Cardinals players St. Petersburg Cardinals players Tomateros de Culiacán players Wyoming Cowboys baseball players Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Point Loma High School alumni