Nestor Cortes

#65 - Starting Pitcher

New York Yankees

Bats / Throws	Right / Left
Date of Birth	12/10/1994 (28)
Height, Weight	5'11", 210 lb
Hometown	Surgidero de Batabano, CUB

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	5-2	63.1	4.97	1.25	25.2%	7.5%	28.3%

	103^rd 6 W	152^nd 110 IP	129^th 4.58 ERA	80^th 1.33 WHIP	47^th 21.7% K%	88^th 8.0% BB%	101^st 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	91.6	12.0%	27.1%	29.5%	5.29	3.97

	170^th 93.5 FB MPH	85^th 11.8% SwStr%	100^th 27.5% HC%	196^th 43.5% GB%	4^th 4.99 PLV	50^th 4.58 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	BAL	4	0	4.2	0	0	7.71	-	10.78	-	3.00	19.3	11.5%	15.4%	.471	-	-	3.86	-	89.3%	10.2%	31.5%	-
2019	NYY	33	1	66.2	5	1	5.67	-	5.59	-	1.55	10.1	23.2%	9.4%	.321	-	-	2.16	-	73.5%	11.5%	28.9%	-
2020	SEA	5	1	7.2	0	1	15.26	13.29	15.13	7.72	2.35	14.1	18.2%	13.6%	.286	22.7%	33.3%	7.04	50.0%	51.7%	7.9%	27.9%	4.84
2021	NYY	22	14	93.0	2	3	2.90	3.80	3.79	4.18	1.08	7.3	27.5%	6.7%	.266	23.7%	30.2%	1.35	12.4%	85.0%	11.4%	27.8%	5.20
2022	NYY	28	28	158.1	12	4	2.44	2.93	3.13	3.65	0.92	6.1	26.5%	6.2%	.232	23.1%	34.7%	0.91	9.1%	82.8%	12.4%	29.6%	5.21
2023	NYY	12	12	63.1	5	2	4.97	3.97	4.50	5.00	1.25	8.4	25.2%	7.5%	.291	27.1%	29.5%	1.56	11.7%	69.1%	12.0%	28.3%	5.29
SP MLB Percentile		20	20	23	39	92	34	75	48	27	58	59	75	53	58	49	2	28	77	29	53	49	98
SP MLB AVG		20	20	110.0	6	7	4.58	4.58	4.60	4.56	1.33	8.9	21.7%	8.0%	.296	27.5%	43.5%	1.38	15.2%	72.3%	11.8%	28.1%	4.99
6 Years		104	56	393.2	24	11	3.82	-	-	-	1.17	7.8	25.4%	7.5%	.271	22.3%	32.3%	1.49	16.5%	78.1%	11.8%	28.8%	5.21

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 52%
Cutter | 29%
Slider | 16%
Changeup | 3%
Sinker | 0%
Curveball | 0%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	89.3	10.2%	-	-	27.3%	9.1%	36.4%	63.6%	63.6%	-	-	-	.690	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	89.6	33.3%	-	-	12.2%	18.2%	30.5%	63.3%	58.7%	-	-	.313	.409	.368	-	-	-	-	-
2020	88.2	38.2%	16.7%	42.9%	11.1%	23.8%	34.9%	57.1%	49.2%	16.7%	50.0%	.455	.724	.667	100.0%	.392	.607	33.3%	2,149
2021	90.7	43.2%	22.8%	52.0%	10.8%	18.2%	29.0%	65.6%	61.2%	28.4%	49.5%	.193	.264	.264	10.6%	.214	.288	25.3%	2,196
2022	91.8	44.1%	32.4%	52.0%	13.4%	17.8%	31.2%	70.2%	66.5%	29.1%	48.8%	.156	.200	.210	6.0%	.174	.229	23.8%	2,265
2023	91.6	52.1%	27.8%	51.4%	12.6%	16.0%	28.6%	66.5%	61.9%	26.8%	56.1%	.213	.275	.291	6.5%	.187	.246	28.4%	2,272
SP MLB Percentile	15	86	59	55	83	28	60	57	64	17	95	87	95	60	91	96	98	67	58
SP MLB AVG	93.5	38.3%	26.5%	50.8%	9.7%	17.9%	27.6%	65.5%	59.6%	34.4%	41.8%	.276	.364	.309	15.4%	.269	.363	31.3%	2,256

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.392	.607	.603	1.052	33.3%	16.7%	100.0%	40.0%	97.9	100.9	23.8	4.7	10.1	1.7	5.2	5.9	2,149
2021	.214	.288	.289	.404	25.3%	7.4%	36.5%	21.5%	91.9	89.8	25.3	3.6	10.7	1.1	5.4	6.0	2,196
2022	.174	.229	.226	.301	23.8%	5.8%	34.3%	21.3%	89.8	87.2	22.7	2.7	11.5	0.9	5.7	5.8	2,265
2023	.187	.246	.258	.309	28.4%	2.4%	32.9%	20.1%	91.2	87.5	28.4	2.6	11.4	0.8	5.7	6.0	2,272
SP MLB Percentile	96	98	82	95	67	99	95	97	49	72	2	14	99	74	38	8	58
SP MLB AVG	.269	.363	.297	.411	31.3%	10.5%	43.1%	29.5%	91.1	89.0	19.0	4.8	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,256

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	4	-	-	.690
2019	433	71	13	1	0	6	20	6	1	1	274	159	.313	.609	.409
2020	63	15	1	1	0	3	5	4	0	0	36	27	.455	1.364	.724
2021	659	163	15	8	1	5	55	10	2	0	432	227	.193	.360	.264
2022	1,086	277	29	6	0	5	88	16	1	1	762	324	.156	.237	.200
2023	556	134	15	8	0	3	41	10	1	0	370	186	.213	.352	.275
SP MLB Percentile	53	54	55	36	45	69	69	57	31	21	54	48	87	91	95
SP MLB AVG	618	152	21	7	1	6	32	16	1	0	409	209	.276	.492	.364

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	16.7%	33.3%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	50.0%	33.3%	16.7%	12.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%	50.0%
2021	28.4%	22.1%	49.5%	14.7%	10.6%	26.0%	39.6%	34.4%	22.0%	2.1%	15.8%	45.3%	21.1%	8.4%	31.6%
2022	29.1%	22.1%	48.8%	16.3%	6.0%	29.7%	36.6%	33.7%	23.1%	2.3%	21.5%	41.9%	21.5%	7.0%	37.2%
2023	26.8%	17.1%	56.1%	22.0%	6.5%	43.9%	30.5%	25.6%	23.2%	2.4%	12.2%	52.4%	22.0%	8.5%	29.3%
SP MLB Percentile	17	92	95	95	91	95	16	14	68	38	8	99	68	35	96
SP MLB AVG	34.4%	23.9%	41.8%	12.4%	15.4%	31.9%	35.4%	32.6%	21.2%	3.1%	22.2%	31.6%	24.8%	7.8%	39.3%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	-	.690	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.313	.409	.368	.455	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	33.3%	16.7%	100.0%	40.0%	.455	.724	.667	.833	.392	.607	.603	1.052	97.9	100.9	23.8
2021	25.3%	7.4%	36.5%	21.5%	.193	.264	.264	.302	.214	.288	.289	.404	91.9	89.8	25.3
2022	23.8%	5.8%	34.3%	21.3%	.156	.200	.210	.233	.174	.229	.226	.301	89.8	87.2	22.7
2023	28.4%	2.4%	32.9%	20.1%	.213	.275	.291	.317	.187	.246	.258	.309	91.2	87.5	28.4
SP MLB Percentile	67	99	95	97	87	95	60	77	96	98	82	95	49	72	2
SP MLB AVG	31.3%	10.5%	43.1%	29.5%	.276	.364	.309	.353	.269	.363	.297	.411	91.1	89.0	19.0

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	27.3%	9.1%	36.4%	63.6%	63.6%	50.0%	54.5%	50.0%	-	-	16.7%	-	50.0%	50.0%
2019	-	-	12.2%	18.2%	30.5%	63.3%	58.7%	27.2%	45.0%	72.8%	-	-	23.4%	-	60.4%	55.4%
2020	16.7%	42.9%	11.1%	23.8%	34.9%	57.1%	49.2%	33.3%	33.3%	66.7%	50.0%	73.3%	23.1%	18.2%	47.1%	41.2%
2021	22.8%	52.0%	10.8%	18.2%	29.0%	65.6%	61.2%	22.8%	47.3%	77.2%	65.3%	80.8%	19.9%	18.4%	62.2%	55.5%
2022	32.4%	52.0%	13.4%	17.8%	31.2%	70.2%	66.5%	25.7%	52.4%	74.3%	65.7%	78.0%	23.1%	22.1%	71.0%	59.3%
2023	27.8%	51.4%	12.6%	16.0%	28.6%	66.5%	61.9%	24.9%	50.5%	75.1%	68.0%	77.7%	20.8%	23.1%	66.1%	60.3%
SP MLB Percentile	59	55	83	28	60	57	64	78	69	78	57	86	29	62	64	90
SP MLB AVG	26.5%	50.8%	9.7%	17.9%	27.6%	65.5%	59.6%	20.2%	47.6%	79.8%	69.5%	83.7%	23.2%	21.8%	62.7%	52.2%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54.5%	9.1%	36.4%	-	0.0%	0.0%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.1%	13.2%	27.7%	-	6.6%	16.7%
2020	39.7%	28.6%	31.7%	65.1%	23.8%	11.1%	3.2%	30.2%	41.3%	61.9%	20.6%	17.5%	42.9%	5.1%	45.5%
2021	42.9%	27.9%	29.1%	48.0%	28.2%	23.8%	8.0%	26.6%	45.5%	51.9%	14.3%	33.8%	52.0%	10.5%	24.7%
2022	32.2%	30.5%	37.3%	48.4%	27.3%	24.2%	7.8%	31.6%	37.9%	55.7%	8.0%	36.3%	52.0%	11.7%	22.3%
2023	27.2%	32.9%	39.9%	47.7%	24.3%	28.1%	6.7%	30.4%	36.7%	52.7%	9.9%	37.4%	51.4%	11.6%	19.7%
SP MLB Percentile	16	88	70	34	23	78	23	60	22	15	86	92	55	25	72
SP MLB AVG	34.7%	29.0%	36.3%	51.6%	26.4%	22.0%	7.7%	29.3%	41.7%	57.3%	13.9%	28.8%	50.8%	13.7%	16.6%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	433	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	63	4.93	311	44.4%	15.9%	39.7%	4.8%	5.1	5.60	+2
2021	659	5.18	3,415	50.1%	17.5%	32.5%	17.6%	-3.8	3.28	-3
2022	1,086	5.40	5,862	55.7%	17.8%	26.5%	29.2%	-15.4	2.27	-6
2023	556	5.29	2,939	52.2%	15.3%	32.6%	19.6%	0.6	3.13	-2
SP MLB Percentile	53	92	56	91	12	84	84	56	-	63
SP MLB AVG	618	4.90	3,064	43.1%	18.3%	38.6%	4.5%	-	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	86.4	5.4%	42.5%	51.2%	13.4%	15.9%	29.3%	78.0%	69.5%	37.5%	50.0%	.280	.306	.400	12.5%	.276	.354	28.0%	2,368
2022	86.9	29.9%	38.3%	45.8%	13.7%	13.6%	27.2%	69.1%	64.4%	37.4%	38.8%	.191	.278	.212	13.0%	.238	.321	24.4%	2,366
2023	86.6	28.8%	33.1%	48.9%	11.4%	12.4%	23.8%	67.8%