Nestor Cortes
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 5' 10" 225LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 36, #1094, New York Yankees | Hialeah Senior (FL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 5 2 4.97 12 12 0 63.1 67 1.25
2024 9 10 3.77 31 30 0 174.1 162 1.15
2025 1 1 9.00 2 2 0 8 8 1.75
8 Seasons 34 22 3.88 137 88 0 576 583 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 12 5-2 4.97 63.1 67 1.25
2024 31 9-10 3.77 174.1 162 1.15
2025 2 1-1 9.00 8 8 1.75
8 Seasons 137 34-22 3.88 576 583 1.17
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 23 108 19 3 15.8 11.5 86.6 109.6 6.6 31.6 .326 .563 .561 .427 .439 26.3 11.5 15.4 7.71 8.68
2019 24 1301 200 17 8.5 5.7 87.9 114.1 17.7 37.5 .266 .473 .353 .342 .412 35.5 23.2 9.4 5.67 5.26
2020 25 165 27 3 11.1 6.8 87.4 105.2 21.9 44.4 .273 .596 .547 .426 .469 37.0 18.2 13.6 15.26 8.64
2021 26 1524 244 18 7.4 4.8 89.0 114.9 23.7 33.2 .214 .371 .285 .281 .355 36.1 27.5 6.7 2.90 3.30
2022 27 2465 412 22 5.3 3.6 87.9 113.7 19.2 34.2 .204 .319 .245 .257 .317 34.7 26.5 6.2 2.44 2.70
2023 28 1068 176 13 7.4 4.9 89.6 111.6 26.6 33.0 .216 .390 .323 .296 .356 41.5 25.2 7.5 4.97 3.66
2024 29 2849 505 40 7.9 5.6 89.7 117.4 22.4 35.0 .236 .396 .307 .295 .356 43.6 22.8 5.5 3.77 3.62
2025 30 150 23 4 17.4 10.5 92.1 115.0 20.2 30.4 .235 .649 .461 .425 .490 47.8 21.1 18.4 9.00 7.52
Player 9630 1606 120 7.5 5.1 88.9 117.4 21.4 34.7 .227 .389 .304 .295 .358 38.7 24.6 7.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cortes relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(42.0%) ,
Cutter
(36.7%) ,
Changeup
(13.3%) ,
Sweeper
(6.7%) ,
Sinker
(1.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2018 47.4 52.6 15.8 31.6 5.3 36.8 52.6 10.5 21.1 26.3 0.0 15.8 26.3 10.5
2019 35.0 65.0 31.0 25.0 9.0 34.0 40.0 26.0 15.5 15.0 4.5 18.5 25.0 21.5
2020 37.0 63.0 29.6 22.2 11.1 48.1 22.2 29.6 18.5 11.1 7.4 29.6 11.1 22.2
2021 29.1 70.9 35.7 25.0 10.2 33.6 38.9 27.5 12.7 11.9 4.5 20.9 27.0 23.0
2022 34.2 65.8 31.1 23.5 11.2 37.9 35.0 27.2 18.4 11.7 4.1 19.4 23.3 23.1
2023 26.1 73.9 36.4 21.6 15.9 39.8 36.4 23.9 13.1 10.8 2.3 26.7 25.6 21.6
2024 31.9 68.1 32.1 24.0 12.1 36.2 37.8 25.9 15.0 12.9 4.0 21.2 25.0 22.0
2025 26.1 73.9 43.5 21.7 8.7 39.1 34.8 26.1 13.0 8.7 4.3 26.1 26.1 21.7
Player 32.0 68.0 32.6 23.9 11.5 36.6 37.2 26.2 15.5 12.5 4.0 21.1 24.7 22.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 5.3 36.8 21.1 21.1 0.0 15.8 11.5
2019 5.0 24.5 32.0 24.5 5.5 8.5 5.7
2020 0.0 22.2 22.2 29.6 14.8 11.1 6.8
2021 5.3 19.3 39.3 21.7 6.1 7.4 4.8
2022 3.4 23.8 36.7 24.0 6.8 5.3 3.6
2023 2.3 17.6 42.6 21.6 8.5 7.4 4.9
2024 4.2 20.8 34.7 24.4 7.9 7.9 5.6
2025 8.7 21.7 30.4 8.7 13.0 17.4 10.5
Player 4.0 21.7 36.0 23.4 7.2 7.5 5.1
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 Sinker MIL L 2 90.8 16.7 -9.7 13.1ARM -2.7 16.7 -9.1 13.1ARM -2.5
2025 Changeup MIL L 20 81.6 34.7 -0.4 13.6ARM -0.6 6.4 -1.3 13.6ARM -1.1
2025 Sweeper MIL L 10 76.2 48.8 3.0 14.5GLV -1.2 -1.4 2.1 14.5GLV 0.8
2025 Cutter MIL L 55 85.8 28.7 -0.6 5.7GLV 3.5 8.2 0.2 5.7GLV 3.6
2025 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 63 90.3 14.0 2.6 4.3ARM -2.7 19.7 3.3 4.3ARM -3.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 1266 92.1 13.2 2.6 4.9ARM -2.4 19.2 3.5 4.9ARM -3.2
2024 Sweeper NYY L 450 78.0 43.1 -0.3 15.0GLV -0.6 2.1 -0.9 15.0GLV 0.9
2024 Cutter NYY L 798 87.5 26.9 1.2 4.6GLV 1.8 8.6 1.4 4.6GLV 2.6
2024 Slider NYY L 27 81.6 46.6 6.5 2.4GLV -5.4 -5.7 7.2 2.4GLV -2.5
2024 Sinker NYY L 34 90.0 20.2 -8.2 12.4ARM -2.9 13.7 -5.5 12.4ARM -2.7
2024 Changeup NYY L 274 83.6 34.9 1.8 13.8ARM -0.2 4.3 1.6 13.8ARM -0.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -6.0 -4 63 42.0 14 .333 1.083 .593 26.1 28.6 28.6 .256 .883 .499 62.5
2025 Cutter -1.7 -1 55 36.7 21 .188 .625 .417 29.2 19.0 28.6 .230 .559 .415 50.0
2025 Changeup 0.3 0 20 13.3 3 .000 .000 .000 14.3 0.0 0.0 .179 .190 .162 0.0
2025 Sweeper -1.1 0 10 6.7 -- -- -- 66.7 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Sinker -3.8 0 2 1.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 5 1,266 44.4 277 .235 .443 .317 21.5 23.5 17.4 .227 .433 .311 52.6
2024 Cutter 1.1 9 798 28.0 229 .249 .378 .307 25.1 19.7 22.4 .258 .387 .310 37.3
2024 Sweeper -0.5 -2 450 15.8 94 .281 .506 .348 25.0 18.1 17.2 .230 .401 .277 39.2
2024 Changeup -1.2 -3 274 9.6 85 .226 .369 .282 32.6 28.2 17.8 .228 .348 .253 40.0
2024 Sinker 1.6 1 34 1.2 14 .143 .143 .129 37.5 64.3 29.0 .124 .140 .115 20.0
2024 Slider -10.9 -3 27 0.9 11 .400 .800 .523 9.1 18.2 8.3 .270 .405 .324 37.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Changeup 20 81.6 91 15.3 10:30 9:30 60
2025 Cutter 55 85.8 51 9.4 12:30 1:30 -60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 63 90.3 98 19.7 11:30 11:30 0
2025 Sweeper 10 76.2 52 15.9 3:45 3:30 15
2024 Changeup 267 83.6 95 15.0 10:00 9:15 45
2024 Cutter 794 87.5 48 9.2 12:00 1:15 -75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,264 92.1 97 19.3 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Sinker 34 90.0 95 18.3 10:15 10:30 -15
2024 Slider 27 81.6 43 9.2 4:15 5:15 -60
2024 Sweeper 448 78.0 46 16.0 3:30 3:00 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 26 108 0 -3 -1 -1 -4
2019 297 1,299 5 6 -12 -5 -6
2020 44 165 -7 0 -2 -2 -11
2021 374 1,524 19 9 -12 -6 11
2022 615 2,465 20 38 -15 -7 36
2023 265 1,068 -3 12 -7 -3 0
2024 710 2,849 14 24 -22 -9 6
2025 38 150 1 -3 -2 0 -5
Player 2,369 9,628 50 84 -73 50 27
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 108 50.9 63.6 74.3 18.9 80.0 46.3 53.8 41.7 24.4 3.7 25.0
2019 1,301 48.1 67.2 78.6 25.5 65.1 43.2 63.3 45.5 25.2 8.3 71.3
2020 165 47.3 64.1 82.0 16.1 64.3 45.5 61.4 38.8 20.3 7.3 83.3
2021 1,524 50.1 70.1 80.6 26.4 63.2 45.6 59.9 48.3 23.6 6.3 82.3
2022 2,465 51.4 69.1 79.7 30.9 65.1 47.1 67.3 50.5 24.5 6.5 75.8
2023 1,068 52.3 70.7 79.7 26.1 63.9 46.7 66.5 49.4 24.2 7.0 76.0
2024 2,849 50.6 72.9 79.4 27.4 64.2 44.3 58.9 50.4 24.2 7.0 84.4
2025 150 46.7 58.6 70.7 20.0 75.0 51.3 57.9 38.0 28.1 6.0 77.8
Player 9,630 50.5 70.0 79.5 27.3 64.7 45.5 62.6 48.8 24.3 6.9 78.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2018 3 45 22
2019 19 21 18 17 25 47 23 70 59 53 30 47 12 8 35 18
2020 4 19 13
2021 82 80 65 51 90 47 54 46 68 77 73 28 34 12 49 19
2022 90 85 87 81 93 38 81 63 75 73 77 41 65 18 63 11
2023 72 81 59 36 85 65 60 34 33 64 64 36 17 16 62 13
2024 66 55 44 33 84 8 46 25 12 49 87 40 35 19 65 11
2025 5 57 3 1 17 23 7 15 20 44 6 62 8 5 42 9
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.1 2 1.3 1 0 2 0 0.0
2019 24.5 16 16.1 0 5 10 10 62.5
2020 24.5 6 4.4 2 1 3 3 50.0
2021 24.7 14 13.7 0 5 5 9 64.3
2022 23.0 18 17.4 1 12 18 4 22.2
2023 24.8 11 9.8 1 6 7 4 36.4
2024 24.3 25 25.8 -1 11 24 10 40.0
2025 21.6 5 4.5 1 1 3 3 60.0
Player 24.0 97 92.9 4 41 72 43 44.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1
2019 16 18 14 19 16 15 18 14 12 14 14 19 18 15 15 16 15 14 15 19 16 17 22 16 16 15 12 19 17 18 12
2020 6 5 4 5 4 4 7 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 3
2021 14 15 13 13 14 12 14 13 11 12 13 15 14 14 14 14 12 12 16 14 15 17 15 16 12 12 14 14 15 13 13
2022 18 14 18 14 17 15 21 15 11 13 15 18 19 19 20 21 18 15 21 16 20 23 22 22 11 13 20 20 21 16 15
2023 11 5 11 11 11 10 11 8 11 8 11 13 6 7 11 10 10 9 12 11 8 11 12 11 7 8 11 11 8 11 10
2024 25 18 26 22 25 25 31 24 22 18 26 31 28 24 25 22 25 18 29 32 27 25 36 31 22 25 25 29 29 28 25
2025 5 5 4 6 4 6 5 3 4 3 4 6 7 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 6 4 3 4 4 6 6 5 4
Player 97 81 90 92 92 88 108 82 75 72 88 109 98 89 96 91 89 77 104 103 95 102 121 107 76 81 90 106 103 96 83
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 87.9 1.6 89.5 -3.7 85.8 3.1 88.9 1.0 89.9 -0.1 89.8 0.5 90.3 -2.0 88.3
Offspeed Velocity 80.1 2.3 82.4 -1.2 81.2 1.7 82.9 0.0 82.9 0.5 83.4 0.2 83.6 -2.0 81.6
Breaking Velocity 74.6 6.5 81.1 -4.2 76.9 0.5 77.4 -0.3 77.1 -0.2 76.9 1.3 78.2 -2.0 76.2
Exit Velocity 86.6 1.3 87.9 -0.5 87.4 1.6 89.0 -1.1 87.9 1.7 89.6 0.1 89.7 2.4 92.1
Launch Angle 6.6 11.1 17.7 4.2 21.9 1.8 23.7 -4.5 19.2 7.4 26.6 -4.2 22.4 -2.2 20.2
Barrel % 15.8 -7.3 8.5 2.6 11.1 -3.7 7.4 -2.1 5.3 2.1 7.4 0.5 7.9 9.5 17.4
Hard Hit % 26.3 9.2 35.5 1.5 37.0 -0.9 36.1 -1.4 34.7 6.8 41.5 2.1 43.6 4.2 47.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.6 5.9 37.5 6.9 44.4 -11.2 33.2 1.0 34.2 -1.2 33.0 2.0 35.0 -4.6 30.4
xBA .326 -0.060 .266 0.007 .273 -0.059 .214 -0.010 .204 0.012 .216 0.020 .236 -0.001 .235
BA .455 -0.174 .281 0.062 .343 -0.126 .217 -0.028 .189 0.055 .244 0.001 .245 -0.019 .226
xwOBA .427 -0.085 .342 0.084 .426 -0.145 .281 -0.024 .257 0.039 .296 -0.001 .295 0.130 .425
wOBA .561 -0.208 .353 0.194 .547 -0.262 .285 -0.040 .245 0.078 .323 -0.016 .307 0.154 .461
xSLG .563 -0.090 .473 0.123 .596 -0.225 .371 -0.052 .319 0.071 .390 0.006 .396 0.253 .649
SLG .818 -0.324 .494 0.420 .914 -0.528 .386 -0.073 .313 0.129 .442 -0.021 .421 0.321 .742
K% 11.5 11.7 23.2 -5.0 18.2 9.3 27.5 -1.0 26.5 -1.3 25.2 -2.4 22.8 -1.7 21.1
BB% 15.4 -6.0 9.4 4.2 13.6 -6.9 6.7 -0.5 6.2 1.3 7.5 -2.0 5.5 12.9 18.4
Swing % 41.7 3.8 45.5 -6.7 38.8 9.5 48.3 2.2 50.5 -1.1 49.4 1.0 50.4 -12.4 38.0
Whiff% 24.4 0.8 25.2 -4.9 20.3 3.3 23.6 0.9 24.5 -0.3 24.2 0.0 24.2 3.9 28.1
In Zone % 50.9 -2.8 48.1 -0.8 47.3 2.8 50.1 1.3 51.4 0.9 52.3 -1.7 50.6 -3.9 46.7
Out of Zone % 49.1 2.8 51.9 0.8 52.7 -2.8 49.9 -1.3 48.6 -0.9 47.7 1.7 49.4 3.9 53.3
Out of Zone Swing % 18.9 6.6 25.5 -9.4 16.1 10.3 26.4 4.5 30.9 -4.8 26.1 1.3 27.4 -7.4 20.0
First Pitch Swing % 19.2 8.7 27.9 1.6 29.5 1.0 30.5 4.5 35.0 -1.5 33.5 -3.5 30.0 -1.1 28.9
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 9.5 63.3 -1.9 61.4 -1.5 59.9 7.4 67.3 -0.8 66.5 -7.6 58.9 -1.0 57.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 26 .561 16 3 18.8 10 4 40.0
2019 Shifts 283 .347 189 40 21.2 94 53 56.4
2020 Shifts 44 .547 31 4 12.9 13 10 76.9
2021 Shifts 374 .285 289 17 5.9 85 42 49.4
2022 Shifts 615 .245 526 45 8.6 89 45 50.6
2023 Shades 265 .322 220 0 0.0 45 11 24.4
2024 Shades 709 .307 556 13 2.3 153 93 60.8
2025 Shades 38 .461 28 5 17.9 10 6 60.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 13 13.3 61.5% 0.0% 39 20.2 2.6% 0.0%
2019 405 14.0 61.5% 2.5% 209 20.9 2.9% 5.3%
2020 41 13.6 70.7% 0.0% 44 18.6 0.0% 0.0%
2021 496 16.0 38.1% 1.8% 207 22.0 1.9% 6.8%
2022 802 15.0 50.1% 1.1% 289 21.6 0.7% 9.7%
2023 316 13.0 77.2% 0.0% 157 17.6 10.2% 0.6%
2024 821 13.6 71.6% 0.1% 413 17.2 14.8% 0.5%
2025 55 13.2 72.7% 0.0% 23 17.2 26.1% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution