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Nestor Cortes

Yankees Career team 2019–2024
Number #65
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Left
Age 31
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place San Jose de las Lajas, FL
Born Dec 10, 1994

Key Insights

2026
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Bo Bichette has hit .562/.588/1.062 against Cortes over 17 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

9 for 16 with 2 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .640 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Cortes has struck Luis Robert Jr. out 7 times in 12 plate appearances, 58.3% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The NYY lineup has hit .274 and slugged .758 against Cortes across 71 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

17 hits, 9 home runs and 18 strikeouts, against a .416 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Matt Chapman squares Cortes up like nobody else: 100.8 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 89.8 across the hitters he has faced.

19 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Myles Straw is 0 for 12 against Cortes, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

12 career plate appearances.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Carlos Correa gets nothing on it against Cortes: 72.2 mph off the bat, against a median of 89.8 across the hitters he has faced.

11 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 10, 1994
Birth Place San Jose de las Lajas, FL
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Left