Cortes had gone too quickly and the umpire ruled there was no eye contact made by Candelario, so Cortes was called for a ball to make the count 1-2. Cortes responded by taking extra long on his ...

And even when the worst possible thing happened when Cortes took the mound for the first time in 37 days, the 29-year-old lefty scarcely paused to wallow. “Walking in here, I didn’t feel sorry for ...

Nestor Cortes walks off the field after giving up a grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series on Oct. 25, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post “I knew this runway was for me,’’ Cortes ...

New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. has been known to get weird with his windups, but he might have outdone himself on Sunday afternoon. In the second inning of the Yankees’ 8-7 loss to ...

So after Freeman destroyed the first pitch Cortes threw him in the top of the 10 th inning, sending it 409 feet into a delirious right field pavilion at Dodger Stadium, turning a one-run New York ...