Pablo Javier Ortega Salinas (born November 7, 1976) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher.

Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before the organization had a major league team, he was one of their top farm players in 1996.

He went 4–6 with a 1.97 ERA for the Gulf Coast Devil Rays and struck out 86 in 82 innings while allowing only 61 hits and 12 walks.

Pablo led Tampa Bay farmhands in 1999 with 13 losses, splitting time between St. Petersburg (1-2, 1.93), the Orlando Rays (8-10, 3.87) and the Durham Bulls (0-1, 34.71 in one atrocious start).

In the winter of 1999–2000, Ortega was with the Venados de Mazatlán and was 4–6 with a 3.08 ERA, battling rare control problems (44 BB in 76 IP).

Ortega was a strong performer in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, striking out five in four scoreless innings for Mexico.

The Angelopolis hurler had a wretched 2006 Mexican League season, with a 5–6, 6.27 record and allowing 121 hits in 95 innings.

In the 2007 Pan American Games, Ortega allowed five baserunners but only one run in 2 2/3 IP, striking out three in two relief stints.

With the Tigres de Quintana Roo in 2007, Ortega posted a mark of 12–3, 2.38 with only 91 hits and 28 walks in 113 1/3 innings.

He took the loss against Taiwan but then shut down Germany to win a pitching duel with Enorbel Márquez.

For Mazatlán in the 2009 Caribbean Series, he started a win over the Ponce Lions but got a no-decision; he allowed one run in 6 1/3 IP despite nine hits and three walks.

Ortega was 1–1 with a 4.00 ERA in the 2010 Caribbean Series, doing well in a win over the Leones del Caracas but struggling in a loss to the Indios de Mayagüez.

On July 24, 2011, he threw a no-hitter against the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz, keeping a perfect game until he issued a walk with one out in the 9th.