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Portrait of Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes PYankees

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-10-1994
Height5' 11"
Weight210 lbs
Age29 years, 11 months, 14 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2018 BAL MLB 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 10 4 3 2 105 19.3 7.7 3.9 5.8 47% .471 3.00 10.05 7.71 97 4.30 96.1 0.0
2019 NYA MLB 33 1 66.7 5 1 0 75 28 69 16 101 10.1 3.8 2.2 9.3 35% .321 1.55 5.60 5.67 115 6.48 132.9 -0.8
CareerMLB37171.35108532721810110.74.02.39.136%.3331.645.895.801136.33130.5-0.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2013 YAN Rk GCL 10 3 18.3 0 1 1 22 5 20 0 103 10.8 2.5 0.0 9.8 0% .393 1.47 2.25 4.42 88 5.84 126.8
2014 YAT Rk GCL 11 2 31.7 1 2 0 35 5 38 1 9.9 1.4 0.3 10.8 0% .395 1.26 2.06 2.27 0 0.00 0.0
2015 PUL Rk APP 12 10 63.7 6 3 0 48 10 66 7 108 6.8 1.4 1.0 9.3 0% .247 0.91 3.39 2.26 87 2.12 46.5
2016 CSC A SAL 13 8 68.3 6 2 2 36 15 75 3 90 4.7 2.0 0.4 9.9 40% .216 0.75 2.47 0.79 77 1.98 43.7
2016 TAM A+ FSL 6 3 28.0 4 2 0 24 4 31 1 98 7.7 1.3 0.3 10.0 42% .307 1.00 2.25 3.21 77 3.46 76.5
2016 TRN AA EAS 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 2.3 4.5 2.3 11.3 13% .000 0.75 5.60 4.50 102 2.94 64.8
2016 SWB AAA INT 1 1 5.7 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 99 0.0 4.8 0.0 6.4 42% .000 0.53 3.87 0.00 109 2.78 61.4
2016 SCO Wnt AFL 6 0 7.7 0 0 0 6 6 10 0 7.0 7.0 0.0 11.7 0% .333 1.57 3.51 4.70 0 0.00 0.0
2017 TAM A+ FSL 1 0 4.3 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 12.5 2.1 2.1 6.2 27% .357 1.62 5.62 2.08 115 5.88 125.2
2017 TRN AA EAS 18 7 52.0 5 0 0 35 20 45 3 95 6.1 3.5 0.5 7.8 31% .235 1.06 3.69 2.60 97 3.14 66.9
2017 SWB AAA INT 11 6 48.3 2 4 0 40 11 57 0 102 7.4 2.0 0.0 10.6 41% .317 1.06 1.72 1.49 70 2.50 53.1
2018 BAL MLB AL 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 10 4 3 2 105 19.3 7.7 3.9 5.8 47% .471 3.00 10.05 7.71 97 4.30 96.1
2018 TRN AA EAS 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 8.1 2.7 0.0 8.1 56% .333 1.20 2.41 2.70 88 3.94 83.3
2018 SWB AAA INT 23 18 111.7 6 6 0 95 37 96 13 99 7.7 3.0 1.0 7.7 37% .261 1.18 4.17 3.71 103 3.59 75.9
2019 NYA MLB AL 33 1 66.7 5 1 0 75 28 69 16 101 10.1 3.8 2.2 9.3 35% .321 1.55 5.60 5.67 115 6.48 132.9
2019 SWB AAA INT 7 6 39.7 2 2 0 29 11 42 3 99 6.6 2.5 0.7 9.5 38% .260 1.01 3.40 3.86 86 2.61 53.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 108 0.5000 0.4167 0.7556 0.5926 0.2407 0.7188 0.8462 0.2444
2019 1299 0.5035 0.4542 0.7492 0.6544 0.2512 0.7827 0.6605 0.2508
Career14070.50320.45130.74970.64970.25040.77780.67480.2503

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 NYA $3,200,000
2022 NYA $727,500
2021 NYA $
2020 SEA $568,700
2019 NYA $
2018 BAL $545,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$5,041,200
4 yrTotal$5,041,200

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 94 d1 year/$3.2M (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$3.2M (2023). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$727,500 (2022). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/21/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 5/30/21.
  • 1 year/$568,700 (2020). Re-signed by Seattle 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by NY Yankees (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 5/9/19. Acquired by Seattle in trade 11/25/19 after being DFA by NY Yankees 11/20/19.
  • 1 year/$545,000 (2018). Selected by Baltimore from NY Yankees in Rule 5 draft 12/14/17. DFA by Baltimore 4/10/18. Returned by Baltimore to NY Yankees 4/15/18.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2013 (30-1,094) (Hialeah HS, Fla.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 13.8 10 4 13 2 .235 1.06 3.39 3.42 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.9 7 3 8 1 .247 1.13 3.76 3.81 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 5 2 5 1 .257 1.19 4.04 4.09 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 2 0 .264 1.24 4.27 4.33 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .272 1.29 4.50 4.56 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Nestor Cortes has thrown 10,252 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Cutter (87mph), also mixing in a Slider (78mph) and Change (84mph).