[3] In the 2001 Baseball World Cup, Cortez got a start against the Canadian team, holding them to four hits in 7+1⁄3 innings.
Along with three other players, Cortez was caught doping during the Intercontintal Cup, thus costing Panama their bronze medal.
[citation needed] He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds and he played in their farm system in 2003.
[4] Cortez pitched for the Sinon Bulls of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2005, going 3–1 with a 2.96 ERA.
[5] On February 3, 2022, Cortes was named the manager of the Visalia Rawhide, the Single-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.