Jorge Alberto de la Rosa Gonzalez (born April 5, 1981) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs.

[2] De la Rosa was traded twice in one week after the 2003 season as part of package return for an All-Star.

He briefly returned to the Diamondbacks, who traded Curt Schilling to the Red Sox on November 28, 2003 for de la Rosa, Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, and Mike Goss.

[3] The Diamondbacks traded De la Rosa, Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Lyle Overbay, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance, and a player to be named later on December 1.

De la Rosa made his MLB debut on August 14, 2004, for the Milwaukee Brewers, earning a loss against the Florida Marlins.

During the 2006 season, Brewers starting pitchers Ben Sheets, Tomo Ohka, and long relief man Rick Helling were injured, leaving the fifth spot open.

The Brewers inserted De la Rosa in the starting rotation after an unsuccessful stint with Dana Eveland.

De la Rosa was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Tony Graffanino on July 25, 2006.

[7] De la Rosa had improved results in his first season with the Rockies, winning 10 games for the first time in his career.

[8] However, beginning on June 5, De la Rosa won 16 games the rest of the season, the most among all MLB pitchers in that stretch.

[9] He helped the Rockies clinch the NL Wild Card with strong performance in the final four months of the season.

However, on May 24, de la Rosa suffered a complete tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, requiring Tommy John surgery and ending his season.

[16][17] De la Rosa made his return to the Rockies near the end of the 2012 season, making three short starts in September, going 0–2.

[32] De la Rosa and his wife Martha had twins named Bernabe and Matias born in June 2010.