One of them happens to be the Baltimore Orioles Rule 5 draft pick, Nestor Cortes.
This 23-year-old pitcher may just be the diamond in the rough that Dan Duquette has been looking for to fill the Orioles rotation.
Why did the Yankees let him go?
It has to feel good, simply because Cortes was picked up from the New York Yankees. They simply had too many and four of their prospects, including Cortes, were snapped up by other teams. The Orioles also picked up another pitcher from the Yankees. The other two prospects went to the Seattle Mariners, according to Mark W.