All the way back in April, we had some doubts about crafty New York Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes.
Understandable, considering Cortes had a good-but-not-great start to the 2024 season. Luis Gil emerging as a reliable starter, plus Clark Schmidt’s shoulder injury, further made Cortes seem the eventual odd man out. All signs pointed to either a trade or moving to the bullpen.
In fact, Cortes had such a rough go of it for over two months. He had an awful 5.68 ERA and 4.84 FIP from June 2 through August 8, as hitters hit .