Nestor Cortés Jr.
Cuban-American baseball player (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nestor Cortés Jr. (born December 10, 1994), nicknamed "Nasty Nestor" and "the Hialeah Kid",[1] is a Cuban-American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners.
Nestor Cortés Jr. | |
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New York Yankees – No. 65 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 (age 29) Surgidero de Batabanó, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Left | |
MLB debut | |
March 31, 2018, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
MLB statistics (through April 25, 2024) | |
Win–loss record | 25–13 |
Earned run average | 3.79 |
Strikeouts | 445 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
The Yankees selected Cortés in the 36th round of the 2013 MLB draft. Taken by the Orioles in the Rule 5 draft after the 2017 season, he made his MLB debut with them in 2018 before returning to the Yankees. Cortés pitched for the Yankees in 2019 and the Mariners in 2020, rejoining the Yankees in 2021 and establishing himself in their starting rotation. Cortés was an MLB All-Star in 2022.