Latest Nestor Cortes News
Randy Arozarena homers and drives in 4 runs, Rays beat Yankees 7-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena homered and drove in four runs, Yandy Díaz hit a leadoff shot, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 7-2 on Saturday. Arozarena put the Rays ahead 4-2 with a three-run homer in the third inning off Nestor Cortes (1-4). The...
Yankees beat Tigers 5-2 behind Soto's 3-run double to finish 3-game sweep with rain-shortened win
NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit a three-run double that snapped a seventh-inning tie and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Sunday to finish a weekend sweep with a rain-shortened win. Aaron Judge homered early for the Yankees off Tarik Skubal, who struck out a...
Miller retires Judge to finish first 4-out save as Athletics beat Yankees 3-1 for 4-game split
NEW YORK (AP) — Mason Miller retired Aaron Judge with a runner on for his first four-out save, and the Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 3-1 Thursday night for a four-game split. Nick Allen and Tyler Nevin homered in the third inning off Nestor Cortes (1-2), and Alex Wood...
Yankees' Cortes learns pump fake pitch is actually illegal; pitches seven innings vs. Rays
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has told Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes that his pump fake pitch to Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez is against the rules. Known for his deceiving leg kicks and windups, Cortes added another trick in his repertoire with a funky move to Giménez in...
Soto and Volpe hit 3-run homers in 7-0 win that boosts Yanks to 9-2 and drops Marlins to 1-10
NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto and Anthony Volpe each hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning off Jesús Luzardo, and the New York Yankees romped over the Miami Marlins 7-0 on Monday night. New York improved to 9-2 and matched the best 11-game start in team history. ...
Josh Maciejewski needs 4 pitches to get 3 outs for Yankees in major league debut
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Maciejewski didn't give his family much to see in his major league debut with the New York Yankees. “I feel like I blinked and it was over,” the 28-year-old left-hander said. Maciejewski followed Nestor Cortes to the mound to start the ninth...
After first win in 11 months, Cortes says winter commute from Miami to Tampa triggered turnaround
NEW YORK (AP) — Nestor Cortes was discouraged. An All-Star in 2022, the New York Yankees left-hander made just one major league start during the final four months of last season because of a shoulder injury, and he was frustrated by offseason workouts with friends near his Miami...
Walker hits 3-run homer, Diamondbacks stop Yankees' win streak at 5 games with 7-0 victory
PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker hit a three-run homer, Zac Gallen pitched six sharp innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees 7-0 on Tuesday night to end the Yankees' season-opening win streak at five games. Defending NL champion Arizona is off to a 4-2 start....
Robots replicate reality: High-tech pitching machine mimics every pitcher
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nestor Cortes got behind the plate in a batting cage and watched an 8-foot-high, 1,200-pound robot spit out fastballs, cutters and sweepers just like the ones spinning off the fingertips of his left hand. “It was like seeing myself pitch. That was crazy,” the...
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole won't throw for 3 to 4 weeks due to elbow nerve irritation and edema
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole won’t throw for three to four weeks because of nerve irritation and edema in his throwing elbow. “I think we’ve determined that we just got a little too hot a little too quick,” Cole said before Saturday’s game against...
