He started Aug. 6 in Arizona and hit a game-tying home run when he was left in to face left-hander Kyle Backhus in the ninth inning. He was left in Sunday to face left-handed reliever Anthony Banda and hit an RBI double in the sixth inning.

Nestor Cortes gave up three homers in the first inning while pitching for the Padres on Aug. 18, and ... that sounds familiar.

There have been only four times in MLB history in which a team has hit at least nine homers in a game. The 2025 Yankees have half of them.

Done in by early homers

Nestor Cortes, in his first relief appearance since 2021, looked as sharp as he has all season on Saturday, tossing 4 ⅓ no-hit innings to finish off a 2-0 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

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Cortes will be called upon again. “Nestor, look, he’s coming back from injury. He came out and gave 100%,” says Cole. “That’s all we’re asking for.”

Nestor Cortes may not be fully out of the woods just yet from the rotator cuff strains that derailed his season last year, but he is feeling good in the first week of spring training thanks to a ...

SEATTLE — Nestor Cortes stood at his locker with a box cutter in his hand as he opened packages of new baseball cards when he was approached for an interview. “Be careful what you ask ...

Nestor Cortes, the pitcher, will spend part of Father’s Day’s in the Yankees dugout at Rogers Centre watching Sunday’s series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Heliot Ramos found himself in the middle of the action in Monday night’s series opener at Petco Park. Ramos kicked off a three-homer first inning with a booming shot off left-hander Nestor Cortes and then experienced an eventful night in left field,

There was a time when Nestor Cortes was scared to be himself. That reality is a bit hard to believe when it comes to a Yankees pitcher best known for the idiosyncrasies he brings to the mound ...