The 2023 WBC Star player’s movie resume Vol.31:Nester Cortes (New York Yankees): Major Candidate for Team USA: “New York’s technician!”

Today's player's resume concerns the New York Yankees' left-handed pitcher, Nestor Cortes. His family immigrated to the United States just after he was born in Cuba. He intends to join Team USA in the following World Baseball Classic.


The KAISPO baseball analyst said,
​"Cortes is a technical pitcher who retires batters in all ways. He is also skillful and clever in throwing from the side and changing his form depending on each situation. He will be a leading pitcher for the Yanks."


Cortes was drafted by the Yankees with the 1094th overall pick in the 36th round of the 2013 major league draft.
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The Yankees sent Cortes to the Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 Draft in 2017. He made his big league debut as a reliever against the Minnesota Twins on March 31st, 2018.

The 28-year-old lefty returned to the Yankees from the Orioles in April 2018 and earned his first major league victory against the Chicago White Sox on June 9th, 2019, fanning seven batters over 5.0 innings.

Cortes was traded to the Seattle Mariners for future considerations in the 2019 off-season, with which he could not have a good performance in 2020.

He signed the Yankees again as a free agent on January 4th, 2021, and appeared in 22 contests, including his 14 starts, going 2-3 with a 2.90 ERA that year.

In 2022, Cortes entered the Yankees' starting rotation. He started 28 games covering 158.1 frames to go 12-4 with a 2.44 ERA, striking out 163 batters.

He has gone 19-9 with a 3.60 ERA in 92 games with 330 1/3 innings, having struck out 346 hitters at the end of the 2022 season in his MLB career.   
(MLB No.294 KAISPO No.1475)