David Cárdenas Cortés (born October 15, 1973) is a Mexican retired professional baseball pitcher.
He has played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves (1999), Cleveland Indians (2003), and Colorado Rockies (2005-2006).
On December 8, 2006, Cortés signed with the San Francisco Giants, but before pitching for the Giants, he was loaned to the Triple-A Mexican League where in 2008 he made the midseason All-Star team.
Cortés signed with the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization in August 2008 and served as their closer until the end of the season.
Cortés was a member of the Mexicali, Mexico, team who were the runners-up of the 1985 Little League World Series.