Nestor Cortes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

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

Team: New York Yankees (majors, 15-day IL)

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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3.95M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.094 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Néstor Cortés

Nicknames: Hialeah Kid or Nasty Nestor

Pronunciation: \cor-TEZ\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

2.6

9.1

ERA

3.77

3.80

135

174.1

568.0

162

575

WHIP

1.153

1.164

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2013	18	-2.5	Yankees 1	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	1	.000	4.42	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
2014	19	-1.4	Yankees 2	GULF	Rk	NYY	1	2	.333	2.27	3.69	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
2015	20	-0.6	Pulaski	APPY	Rk	NYY	6	3	.667	2.26	2.97	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
2016	21		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A-A+-AAA-AA	NYY	11	4	.733	1.53	2.12	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
2016	21	-5.7	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	20	0.529	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.4	1.33
2016	21	-3.5	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	15	0.750	2.3	2.3	4.5	11.3	2.50
2016	21	-2.1	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	4	2	.667	3.21	4.18	6	3	2	0	0	0	28.0	24	13	10	1	4	0	31	3	0	2	114	1.000	7.7	0.3	1.3	10.0	7.75
2016	21	-0.8	Charleston	SALL	A	NYY	6	2	.750	0.79	1.32	13	8	3	0	0	2	68.1	36	10	6	3	15	0	75	1	0	3	247	0.746	4.7	0.4	2.0	9.9	5.00
2016	21	-2.0	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		0	0		4.70	4.70	6	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	4	4	0	6	0	10	0	0	0	34	1.565	7.0	0.0	7.0	11.7	1.67
2017	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA-A+	NYY	7	4	.636	2.06	2.49	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
2017	22	-4.4	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	2	4	.333	1.49	2.42	11	6	1	1	0	0	48.1	40	13	8	0	11	0	57	1	1	1	195	1.055	7.4	0.0	2.0	10.6	5.18
2017	22	-2.3	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	5	0	1.000	2.60	2.60	18	7	1	0	0	0	52.0	35	15	15	3	20	0	45	5	2	0	209	1.058	6.1	0.5	3.5	7.8	2.25
2017	22	-1.1	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		2.08	2.08	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	6	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	19	1.615	12.5	2.1	2.1	6.2	3.00
2017-18	22	-6.8	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		2	1	.667	1.25	1.66	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	10	4	3	1	5	0	15	0	0	1	80	0.692	4.2	0.4	2.1	6.2	3.00
2018	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYY	6	6	.500	3.68	3.99	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
2018	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		3	0	1.000	1.72	1.91	9	9	0	0	0	0	47.0	27	10	9	3	11	0	49	1	0	2	178	0.809	5.2	0.6	2.1	9.4	4.45
2018	23	-3.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	6	6	.500	3.71	4.03	23	18	0	1	0	0	111.2	95	50	46	13	37	1	96	2	2	3	462	1.182	7.7	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.59
2018	23	-1.4	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		2.70	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	13	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	8.1	3.00
2018	23	-5.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		7.71	7.71	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	3.000	19.3	3.9	7.7	5.8	0.75
2018-19	23	-5.8	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		2	0	1.000	1.71	1.93	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.0	26	9	8	3	10	0	45	0	0	2	160	0.857	5.6	0.6	2.1	9.6	4.50
2018-19	23	-6.5	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	18	0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
2019	24	-2.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	2	2	.500	3.86	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
2019	24	-4.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	1	.833	5.67	5.94	33	1	7	0	0	0	66.2	75	44	42	16	28	1	69	1	0	1	298	1.545	10.1	2.2	3.8	9.3	2.46
2019-20	24	-4.6	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	13.50	15.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	7	6	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	24	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
2020	25	-3.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	1	.000	15.26	16.43	5	1	2	0	0	0	7.2	12	14	13	6	6	0	8	2	0	0	44	2.348	14.1	7.0	7.0	9.4	1.33
2020-21	25	-3.9	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	0		4.91	5.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.1	17	11	10	2	5	0	27	0	1	0	74	1.200	8.3	1.0	2.5	13.3	5.40
2021	26	-1.0	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	AAAE	AAA	NYY	1	1	.500	1.20	1.20	5	1	3	0	0	1	15.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	18	0	0	0	51	0.600	4.8	0.6	0.6	10.8	18.00
2021	26	-2.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	3	.400	2.90	3.10	22	14	3	0	0	0	93.0	75	32	30	14	25	0	103	2	1	2	374	1.075	7.3	1.4	2.4	10.0	4.12
2022	27	-1.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	4	.750	2.44	2.50	28	28	0	1	1	0	158.1	108	44	43	16	38	0	163	2	0	1	615	0.922	6.1	0.9	2.2	9.3	4.29
2023	28	3.6	Somerset	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		1.42	1.42	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	1	1	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	25	1.105	8.5	1.4	1.4	12.8	9.00
2023	28	-0.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	2	.714	4.97	5.12	12	12	0	0	0	0	63.1	59	36	35	11	20	0	67	3	0	0	266	1.247	8.4	1.6	2.8	9.5	3.35
2024	29	0.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	10	.474	3.77	3.82	31	30	1	0	0	0	174.1	162	74	73	24	39	0	162	4	1	2	710	1.153	8.4	1.2	2.0	8.4	4.15
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		33	21	.611	3.80	3.93	135	86	16	1	1	0	568.0	501	248	240	89	160	1	575	14	2	6	2333	1.164	7.9	1.4	2.5	9.1	3.59
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		34	23	.596	2.55	3.02	122	67	16	2	0	5	500.1	388	168	142	35	127	1	512	17	6	20	1990	1.029	7.0	0.6	2.3	9.2	4.03
Foreign (4 seasons)					Foreign		5	2	.714	2.77	3.16	20	20	0	0	0	0	91.0	64	32	28	6	23	0	97	1	1	3	356	0.956	6.3	0.6	2.3	9.6	4.22
Other (1 season)					Other		0	0		4.70	4.70	6	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	4	4	0	6	0	10	0	0	0	34	1.565	7.0	0.0	7.0	11.7	1.67
All Levels (12 Seasons)							72	46	.610	3.19	3.49	283	173	32	3	1	5	1167.0	959	452	414	130	316	2	1194	32	9	29	4713	1.093	7.4	1.0	2.4	9.2	3.78

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		12	13	.480	2.98	3.35	47	32	4	2	0	1	220.1	172	82	73	17	63	1	217	5	3	4	885	1.067	7.0	0.7	2.6	8.9	3.44
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		5	0	1.000	2.60	2.60	22	9	2	0	0	1	65.2	45	19	19	5	24	0	62	5	2	1	262	1.051	6.2	0.7	3.3	8.5	2.58
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		4	2	.667	3.06	3.90	7	3	3	0	0	0	32.1	30	14	11	2	5	0	34	3	0	3	133	1.082	8.4	0.6	1.4	9.5	6.80
A (1 season)					Minors		6	2	.750	0.79	1.32	13	8	3	0	0	2	68.1	36	10	6	3	15	0	75	1	0	3	247	0.746	4.7	0.4	2.0	9.9	5.00
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		7	6	.538	2.61	3.40	33	15	4	0	0	1	113.2	105	43	33	8	20	0	124	3	1	9	463	1.100	8.3	0.6	1.6	9.8	6.20