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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	12-10-1994
Height	5' 11"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	30 years, 4 months, 1 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2018	BAL	4	0	4.7	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	33	1	66.7	5	1	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
Career		37	1	71.3	5	1	85	32	72	18	101	10.7	4.0	2.3	9.1	36%	.333	1.64	5.89	5.80	113	6.33	130.5	-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
Career	1407	0.5032	0.4513	0.7497	0.6497	0.2504	0.7778	0.6748	0.2503

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
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Compensation

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$5,041,200
4 yr	Total	$5,041,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 94 d		1 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	10	4	13	2	.235	1.06	3.39	3.42
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	8.9	7	3	8	1	.247	1.13	3.76	3.81
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	5	2	5	1	.257	1.19	4.04	4.09
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	2	1	2	0	.264	1.24	4.27	4.33
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.272	1.29	4.50	4.56
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Nestor Cortes has thrown 10,524 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Cutter (86mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph) and Slider (76mph).