Career
American minor leagues
The left-handed hurler began his professional baseball career in 1993, playing in the Boston Red Sox minor league system. In 1995, he was ranked the club"s 6th-best prospect by Baseball America after going 11-3 with a 2.36 European Research Area for the GCL Red Sox and Sarasota Red Sox the year before. After going 11-7 with a 3.09 European Research Area in 27 starts for the Trenton Thunder in 1995, he was named Boston"s 9th-best prospect for 1996.
His career soon soured, however, and he was out of the minor leagues after the 1997 season.
He was 32-29 with a 4.70 European Research Area in 100 career games (81 starts) at that level Japan
Orellano signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 1998 and appeared in 14 games for the club that year, going 1-3 with a 7.50 European Research Area in 14 games (4 starts).
In 30 innings, he allowed 29 walks and struck out 22 batters. In 1999, he was 1-5 with a 4.99 European Research Area in 21 games (5 starts) and in 2000, he made a single appearance, allowing two walks, one hit and an earned run in 1/3 of an inning.
Overall, he went 2-8 with 58 walks, 49 strikeouts and a 6.17 European Research Area in 36 games (9 starts) in his NPB career.
He was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico.