Nestor Cortes Jr.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 210lb (180cm, 95kg)

Team: New York Yankees (majors, non-roster invite)

Born: December 10, 1994 in Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba cu

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 36th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hialeah HS (Hialeah, FL).

High School: Hialeah HS (Hialeah, FL)

Debut: March 31, 2018 (Age 23-111d, 19,195th in MLB history)
vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 1.139 • Arb Eligible: 2023 • Free Agent: 2026

Full Name: Nestor Cortes

Pronunciation: \cor-TEZ\

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SUMMARY

2020

Career

WAR

-0.6

-1.1

W

L

ERA

15.26

6.72

G

GS

SV

IP

7.2

79.0

SO

WHIP

2.348

1.709

2021 Spring Training

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Projections

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2013	18	NYY-min	Rk	0	1	.000	4.42	10	3	2	0	0	1	18.1	22	9	9	0	5	0	20	1	0	4	82			1.473	10.8	0.0	2.5	9.8	4.00	YNK GULF
2014	19	NYY-min	Rk	1	2	.333	2.27	11	2	1	0	0	0	31.2	35	13	8	1	5	0	38	1	1	2	131			1.263	9.9	0.3	1.4	10.8	7.60	YK2 GULF
2015	20	NYY-min	Rk	6	3	.667	2.26	12	10	1	0	0	0	63.2	48	21	16	7	10	0	66	1	0	3	250			0.911	6.8	1.0	1.4	9.3	6.60	PUL APPY
2016	21	NYY-min	A,A+,AAA,AA	11	4	.733	1.53	21	12	6	0	0	3	106.0	61	25	18	5	24	0	115	5	0	5	396			0.802	5.2	0.4	2.0	9.8	4.79	CHS,TAM,SWB,TRE SALL,FLOR,IL,EL
2017	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA,A+	7	4	.636	2.06	30	13	3	1	0	0	104.2	81	29	24	4	32	0	105	6	3	2	423			1.080	7.0	0.3	2.8	9.0	3.28	TRE,SWB,TAM EL,IL,FLOR
2018	23	NYY-min	AAA,AA	6	6	.500	3.68	24	18	0	1	0	0	115.0	98	51	47	13	38	1	99	2	2	4	475			1.183	7.7	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.61	SWB,TRE IL,EL
2018	23	BAL	AL	0	0		7.71	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	60	10.02	3.000	19.3	3.9	7.7	5.8	0.75
2019	24	NYY-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.86	7	6	0	0	0	0	39.2	29	17	17	3	11	0	42	1	0	0	157			1.008	6.6	0.7	2.5	9.5	3.82	SWB IL
2019	24	NYY	AL	5	1	.833	5.67	33	1	7	0	0	0	66.2	75	44	42	16	28	1	69	1	0	1	298	79	5.57	1.545	10.1	2.2	3.8	9.3	2.46
2020	25	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	15.26	5	1	2	0	0	0	7.2	12	14	13	6	6	0	8	2	0	0	44	29	14.41	2.348	14.1	7.0	7.0	9.4	1.33
3 Yrs				5	2	.714	6.72	42	2	12	0	0	0	79.0	97	62	59	24	38	1	80	3	0	1	368	67	6.69	1.709	11.1	2.7	4.3	9.1	2.11
162 Game Avg.				8	3	.714	6.72	65	3	19	0	0	0	122	150	96	91	37	59	2	124	5	0	2	569	67	6.69	1.709	11.1	2.7	4.3	9.1	2.11

SEA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	15.26	5	1	2	0	0	0	7.2	12	14	13	6	6	0	8	2	0	0	44	29	14.41	2.348	14.1	7.0	7.0	9.4	1.33
NYY (1 yr)				5	1	.833	5.67	33	1	7	0	0	0	66.2	75	44	42	16	28	1	69	1	0	1	298	79	5.57	1.545	10.1	2.2	3.8	9.3	2.46
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		7.71	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	60	10.02	3.000	19.3	3.9	7.7	5.8	0.75

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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