Nestor Cortes
29-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
2-4
ERA
3.56
WHIP
1.05
K
57
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The crafty lefty cemented his spot in the Yankees' starting rotation in 2022 with a 2.44 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and 163:38 K:BB across 158.1 innings, but he made just 12 starts in 2023 due to a rotator cuff strain. Cortes also struggled when available last season and finished with a 4.97 ERA over 63.1 innings to go along with a 1.6 HR/9 and a career-worst 40.1 percent hard-hit rate. A 3.71 xERA indicates some unfortunate results, while a 4.84 xFIP paints a less favorable underlying picture. Cortes' reliance on different arm angles and deliveries leaves less margin for error on his pitches, especially since his stuff doesn't really stand out. It also makes him more difficult to evaluate, as the numbers themselves tell less of a story than with most pitchers. A positive regression seems likely in 2024, but Cortes' lack of year-to-year track record leaves some risk coming off a poor campaign. Read Past Outlooks
Sharp in second win
Cortes (2-4) picked up the win in Friday's 4-2 victory over the White Sox, allowing one unearned run on five hits and a walk over seven innings. He struck out six.
ANALYSIS
An error by Oswaldo Cabrera in the third inning led to the only damage off Cortes, who tossed 63 of 93 pitches for strikes in his fifth quality start of the season. The southpaw has been effective when he's been able to keep the ball in the park; he's served up multiple homers in three of his last seven outings, stumbling to a 6.06 ERA in those starts but not giving up an earned run in the other four. Cortes will take an overall 3.56 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 57:12 K:BB through 60.2 innings into his next trip to the mound, which is scheduled to come at home next week against the Mariners.
An error by Oswaldo Cabrera in the third inning led to the only damage off Cortes, who tossed 63 of 93 pitches for strikes in his fifth quality start of the season. The southpaw has been effective when he's been able to keep the ball in the park; he's served up multiple homers in three of his last seven outings, stumbling to a 6.06 ERA in those starts but not giving up an earned run in the other four. Cortes will take an overall 3.56 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 57:12 K:BB through 60.2 innings into his next trip to the mound, which is scheduled to come at home next week against the Mariners.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
93
Last 10 Games
93
Last 5 Games
93
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What part of the game does Nestor Cortes generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-33%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-7%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .147 | 58 | 12 | 24 | 3 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .221 | 229 | 58 | 195 | 31 | |||
2024vs Left | .211 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | .228 | 46 | 9 | 44 | 7 | |||
2023vs Left | .163 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .261 | 53 | 18 | 52 | 9 | |||
2022vs Left | .110 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .202 | 130 | 31 | 99 | 15 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-45%
ERA at Home
2024
-81%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.41 | 0.87 | 160.1 | 9.0 | 1.9 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.35 | 1.23 | 122.0 | 9.4 | 2.7 | ||||
2024Home | 1.27 | 0.65 | 35.1 | 8.7 | 0.5 | ||||
2024Away | 6.75 | 1.62 | 25.1 | 8.2 | 3.6 | ||||
2023Home | 4.58 | 1.18 | 37.1 | 8.9 | 2.2 | ||||
2023Away | 5.54 | 1.35 | 26.0 | 10.4 | 3.8 | ||||
2022Home | 1.95 | 0.82 | 87.2 | 9.1 | 2.4 | ||||
2022Away | 3.06 | 1.05 | 70.2 | 9.4 | 1.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Nestor Cortes compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.75K/9
8.5BB/9
1.8HR/9
1.0Fastball
91.5 mphERA
3.56WHIP
1.05BABIP
.283GB/FB
0.59Left On Base
72.0%Exit Velocity
82.8 mphBarrels/BBE
4.6%Spin Rate
2310 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.4%Swinging Strike
11.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Option for Opening Day
Manager Aaron Boone said Thursday that Cortes "could be" in the mix to start for the Yankees on Opening Day, reports Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
Boone acknowledged the team will need to shift some pitchers' schedules around in the wake of Gerrit Cole's elbow injury, and Cortes could be the best remaining option for Opening Day. He's coming off a rough 2023, as he made just 12 starts due to a shoulder strain and posted a 4.97 ERA across 63.1 innings. Regardless of whether or not he pitches in the opener, the 29-year-old will be a key rotation piece for the Yankees in 2024.
Boone acknowledged the team will need to shift some pitchers' schedules around in the wake of Gerrit Cole's elbow injury, and Cortes could be the best remaining option for Opening Day. He's coming off a rough 2023, as he made just 12 starts due to a shoulder strain and posted a 4.97 ERA across 63.1 innings. Regardless of whether or not he pitches in the opener, the 29-year-old will be a key rotation piece for the Yankees in 2024.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
If you go back and look at Cortes's 2022 outlook, you can see he teased at what was possible, but without a large body of work, everyone was right to be skeptical of what Cortes would be as a starter. Those who took the chance in the late rounds were greatly rewarded by one of the best late round steals in 2022 as the lefty picked up where he left off in 2021 for most of the 2022 season. Cortes uses varying arm angles, deliveries, and pitches to frustrate hitters all season. 75% of what he threw were four-seamer and cutters, and those two pitches were paired so well that the league hit below .200 against both pitches while all five of his offerings had whiff rates above 20%. In 330 innings of work, he has a career 80% LOB rate and a .266 BABIP, so his 2022 numbers ( 79%, .243) are not terribly out of line and a continuation of what he did in 2021. The stuff is not paritcularly special, but his ability to spin and sequence it is certainly special and being a lefty in Yankee Stadium doesn't hurt either. The big question is if he can put up consecutive seasons of workload as he has never done so.
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Yields four runs over 5.1 innings
Cortes (1-4) took the loss Saturday in Tampa Bay, allowing four runs on five hits and three walks over 5.1 innings. He struck out five.
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Strikes out nine in quality start
Cortes did not factor into the decision Sunday, allowing two runs on three hits and one walk over 6.1 innings against the Tigers. He struck out nine.
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Falls to Baltimore
Cortes (1-3) took the loss Tuesday against the Orioles, allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out five.
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Fires seven frames in loss
Cortes (1-2) took the loss against Oakland on Thursday, allowing three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out four batters over seven innings.
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Impressive in no-decision
Cortes allowed six hits over seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Rays on Saturday. He struck out nine without issuing a walk.
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