Neder Horta

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Horta and the second or maternal family name is Arrieta.
Néder Horta
Tigres de Cartagena
Manager
Born: (1967-05-23) May 23, 1967
Cartagena, Colombia
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Néder de Jesús Horta Arrieta (born May 23, 1967) is a Colombian former professional baseball player who is the current manager of Tigres de Cartagena in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. He has previously managed the Colombia national baseball team.

Horta was signed as an international free agent by the New York Yankees, and spent the 1985 season with the Gulf Coast Yankees, hitting .245. In the offseason, he was traded to the Houston Astros to complete the Sept. 15 deal for Joe Niekro.[1] He spent the next three seasons in the Astros minor league system. Horta's best season was 1986, slashing .223/.349/.280 for the Asheville Tourists.[2]

As manager of the Colombia national team, Horta led the country to its first Pan American Games berth in 32 years, after qualifying through the 2015 South American Baseball Championship.[3] He coached the team in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic qualifiers, held in May 2021, but was controversially excluded from the roster.[4][5] Horta was on the coaching staff at the 2017 World Baseball Classic and at the 2023 Pan American Games, where Colombia won the gold medal.[6]

Horta is the manager with the second most championships in the Colombian Professional Baseball League, with three; he won twice with Tigres de Cartagena (2005–06 and 2006–07) and once with Toros de Sincelejo (2011–12).[7] Horta also piloted the Caimanes de Barranquilla in 2017, and again at the 2026 Serie de las Américas, reaching the finals (losing to Navegantes del Magallanes).[8][9] He returned to manage Tigres in 2021 and again in 2025, losing in that year's finals to Caimanes.[10][9]

References

  1. ^ "The New York Yankees Tuesday assigned minor-league infielder Neder..." UPI. 25 September 1985. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Neder Horta". Baseball Reference (minors). Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  3. ^ "Clasificatoria a XVII JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS - Cuiaba, Brasil - Feb27 - Mar7". FCB.com.co. Federacion Colombiana de Beisbol. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  4. ^ "Increíble: Néder Horta entrena a Colombia, pero no está en el roster". El Universal. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  5. ^ "Federación Colombiana de Béisbol ratifica que Néder Horta se queda afuera". El Universal. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  6. ^ "Histórica medalla de oro del béisbol colombiano". Olimpicocol.co. Colombian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  7. ^ "Es el elegido: Neder Horta fue designado como nuevo mánager de Tigres de Cartagena". Primer Tiempo. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  8. ^ "Neder Horta, the star who will lead the Caimanes in their quest for the title in Colombia". Zona Cero. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  9. ^ a b "El cartagenero Néder Horta será mánager de Caimanes en la Serie de las Américas". Primer Tiempo. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  10. ^ "Tigres de Cartagena, listos para rugir en el béisbol profesional colombiano". Revista Zetta. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
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