Nestor Cortes

Bats R Throws L5'11" 210 lbBorn 1994 Hialeah, USADebut 2018Team SD1x All-StarDraft 2013 R36 #1094 New York Yankees, Hialeah Senior (FL) HSContract 1 y/$1.5M (26) ($250,000 MiLB) 2026: $53,476

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	388	20.8	7.0	3.56	19.8	6.68	98.7
2027							99.5
2028							98.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 88 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Justin Masterson	2015	98.8	did not play
2	Chad Billingsley	2015	102.2	did not play
3	Joe Blanton	2011	100.1	97.5	806
4	Homer Bailey	2016	100.1	84.9	420
5	Daisuke Matsuzaka	2011	103.0	75.6	215
6	Kris Medlen	2016	106.1	did not play
7	Ryan Yarbrough	2022	100.8	100.9	377
8	Zack Godley	2020	99.0	50.1	21
9	Matt Shoemaker	2017	100.4	102.4	130
10	Tyson Ross	2017	101.1	102.3	634

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	SD	8	0
2024	NYY	31	0
2023	NYY	12	0
2022	NYY	28	0
2021	NYY	23	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-112.9
2020	SEA	5	0
2019	NYY	33	0
2018	BAL	4	0
Career		144	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-112.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									388				99.5
2026*									0
2025	SD	2	4	6.29	8	8	0	34.3	157	13	20	29	69.1	100.4	69.4
2024	NYY	9	10	3.77	31	30	0	174.3	710	24	39	162	102.0	100.7	102.7
2023	NYY	5	2	4.97	12	12	0	63.3	266	11	20	67	98.7	99.2	97.9
2022	NYY	12	4	2.44	28	28	0	158.3	615	16	38	163	120.7	99.6	120.2
2021	NYY	2	3	2.90	22	14	0	93.0	374	14	25	103	110.1	100.2	110.3
2020	SEA	0	1	15.26	5	1	0	7.7	44	6	6	8	27.7	99.1	26.8
2019	NYY	5	1	5.67	33	1	0	66.7	298	16	28	69	87.9	100.3	88.2
2018	BAL	0	0	7.71	4	0	0	4.7	26	2	4	3	22.9	94.5	17.4
Career		35	25	3.94	143	94	0	602.3	2490	102	180	604	101.6		101.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1	65.2	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.162	0.194	0.156

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	P	8	34	0	3	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2024	NYY	P	31	174	5	10	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2023	NYY	P	12	63	5	5	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2022	NYY	P	28	158	5	8	1	0	0.929	-0.3
2021	NYY	P	22	93	3	4	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2020	SEA	P	5	8	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2019	NYY	P	33	67	1	5	1	2	0.857	+0.1
2018	BAL	P	4	5	0	1	0	1	1.000	-0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	54	14.0 IP, 30% K	1.29
2023	AA	Somerset Patriots	Pit	25	6.1 IP, 36% K	1.48
2021	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	51	15.0 IP, 35% K	1.20
2019	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	157	39.2 IP, 27% K	3.90
2018	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	462	111.2 IP, 21% K	3.72
2017	AA	Trenton Thunder	Pit	209	52.0 IP, 22% K	2.60
2017	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	195	48.1 IP, 29% K	1.50
2016	A	Charleston RiverDogs	Pit	247	68.1 IP, 30% K	0.79
2016	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	20	5.2 IP, 20% K	0.00
2016	A+	Tampa Yankees	Pit	114	28.0 IP, 27% K	3.21
2015	Rk	Pulaski Yankees	Pit	250	63.2 IP, 26% K	2.28
2014	Rk	GCL Yankees2	Pit	131	31.2 IP, 29% K	2.31
2013	Rk	GCL Yankees1	Pit	82	18.1 IP, 24% K	4.48

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	9.00	2	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1.00
2022	1	4.50	3	3	12.0	11	2	7	7	1.50
Career	1	5.14	5	3	14.0	12	3	8	8	1.43