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NEW YORK -- Nestor Cortes was slated to start Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles as the New York Yankees look to clinch the AL East title with a win. Instead, the team placed the left-hander on the 15-day injured list with a "left elbow flexor strain" retroactive to Sunday after he underwent an MRI exam.
Cortes said he did not know the severity of the strain, but that the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow "looks good.