Spring training is dead! Long live spring training! It wrapped up in a 3-0 loss at Nationals Park, but what’s most important is that everyone escaped the finale with their health intact. Oh, and Nestor Cortes was sharp along the way.
Although he failed to record a strikeout, Cortes looked like he won’t miss much of a beat when the games actually count the next time he pitches, allowing just two hits and a walk across four innings. He reached 93 mph with his fastball, and in case anyone thought he might be struggling with some of the new pace-of-play rules, well, we have some kind of answer:
Nestor Cortes getting called for a quick pitch.