Daniel Adam Cortes (born March 4, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

Cortes began his professional career in 2005 with the Rookie-Level Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League.

[9] The Royals recognized Cortes as the top pitcher for the Double-A Naturals and he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League at the end of the '08 season.

[10][11] In January, 2009 Cortes received the "Paul Splittorff Pitcher of the Year Award" from the Royals.

On July 10 he was traded by the Royals with Derrick Saito to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Yuniesky Betancourt.

[18] On December 12, 2011, the Mariners announced via their Twitter feed that Cortes had been non-tendered along with catcher Chris Gimenez.

I started fighting and I got stabbed eight times.On January 1, 2009, Cortes was arrested on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

[23][24] According to police accounts, Cortes was arrested after he allegedly urinated on a fence outside Grub's Bar & Grille.