Nestor Cortes
P · Last on a Brewers farm club: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 2025
- B/T
- R/L
- Size
- 5' 10", 225 lb
- Born
- 1994-12-10 · Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba
- Acquired
- Drafted 2013, round 36, pick 1094, by New York Yankees
- MLB debut
- 2018-03-31
The path and tables below cover his minor-league seasons with any club, as the MLB Stats API lists them, through 2026. His major-league seasons are in the "Major leagues" section.
Level path
- ROK2013GCL Yankees1
- ROK2014GCL Yankees2
- ROK2015Pulaski Yankees
- A2016Charleston RiverDogs
- A+2016Tampa Yankees
- AA2016Trenton Thunder
- AAA2016Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- A+2017Tampa Yankees
- AA2017Trenton Thunder
- AAA2017Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- AA2018Trenton Thunder
- AAA2018Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- AAA2019Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- AAA2021Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- AA2023Somerset Patriots
- A+2025Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- AAA2025Nashville Sounds
- AAA2026Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Pitching
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ROK | GCL Yankees1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.1 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 4.42 | 1.47 | 9.82 | 2.45 | 24.4% | 6.1% | 18.3% |
| 2014 | ROK | GCL Yankees2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31.2 | 35 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2.27 | 1.26 | 10.80 | 1.42 | 29.0% | 3.8% | 25.2% |
| 2015 | ROK | Pulaski Yankees | 20 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 63.2 | 48 | 10 | 66 | 7 | 2.26 | 0.91 | 9.33 | 1.41 | 26.4% | 4.0% | 22.4% |
| 2016 | A | Charleston RiverDogs | 21 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 68.1 | 36 | 15 | 75 | 3 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 9.88 | 1.98 | 30.4% | 6.1% | 24.3% |
| 2016 | A+ | Tampa Yankees | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 3.21 | 1.00 | 9.96 | 1.29 | 27.2% | 3.5% | 23.7% |
| 2016 | AA | Trenton Thunder | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.50 | 0.75 | 11.25 | 4.50 | 33.3% | 13.3% | 20.0% |
| 2016 | AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 6.35 | 4.76 | 20.0% | 15.0% | 5.0% |
| 2017 | A+ | Tampa Yankees | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.08 | 1.62 | 6.23 | 2.08 | 15.8% | 5.3% | 10.5% |
| 2017 | AA | Trenton Thunder | 22 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 35 | 20 | 45 | 3 | 2.60 | 1.06 | 7.79 | 3.46 | 21.5% | 9.6% | 12.0% |
| 2017 | AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48.1 | 40 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 1.49 | 1.06 | 10.61 | 2.05 | 29.2% | 5.6% | 23.6% |
| 2018 | AA | Trenton Thunder | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.70 | 1.20 | 8.10 | 2.70 | 23.1% | 7.7% | 15.4% |
| 2018 | AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 23 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 111.2 | 95 | 37 | 96 | 13 | 3.71 | 1.18 | 7.74 | 2.98 | 20.8% | 8.0% | 12.8% |
| 2019 | AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39.2 | 29 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 3.86 | 1.01 | 9.53 | 2.50 | 26.8% | 7.0% | 19.7% |
| 2021 | AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15.0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1.20 | 0.60 | 10.80 | 0.60 | 35.3% | 2.0% | 33.3% |
| 2023 | AA | Somerset Patriots | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1.42 | 1.11 | 12.79 | 1.42 | 36.0% | 4.0% | 32.0% |
| 2025 | A+ | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 13.3% | 0.0% | 13.3% |
| 2025 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1.29 | 0.71 | 10.29 | 1.93 | 29.6% | 5.6% | 24.1% |
| 2026 | AAA | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.76 | 1.06 | 11.12 | 0.00 | 31.8% | 0.0% | 31.8% |
Major leagues
Pitching
| Year | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.71 | 3.00 | 5.79 | 7.71 | 11.5% | 15.4% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | New York Yankees | 24 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 66.2 | 75 | 28 | 69 | 16 | 5.67 | 1.55 | 9.32 | 3.78 | 23.2% | 9.4% | 13.8% |
| 2020 | Seattle Mariners | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 15.26 | 2.35 | 9.39 | 7.04 | 18.2% | 13.6% | 4.5% |
| 2021 | New York Yankees | 26 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 93.0 | 75 | 25 | 103 | 14 | 2.90 | 1.08 | 9.97 | 2.42 | 27.5% | 6.7% | 20.9% |
| 2022 | New York Yankees | 27 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 158.1 | 108 | 38 | 163 | 16 | 2.44 | 0.92 | 9.27 | 2.16 | 26.5% | 6.2% | 20.3% |
| 2023 | New York Yankees | 28 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 63.1 | 59 | 20 | 67 | 11 | 4.97 | 1.25 | 9.52 | 2.84 | 25.2% | 7.5% | 17.7% |
| 2024 | New York Yankees | 29 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 174.1 | 162 | 39 | 162 | 24 | 3.77 | 1.15 | 8.36 | 2.01 | 22.8% | 5.5% | 17.3% |
| 2025 | Milwaukee Brewers | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9.00 | 1.75 | 9.00 | 7.88 | 21.1% | 18.4% | 2.6% |
| 2025 | San Diego Padres | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26.1 | 29 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 5.47 | 1.59 | 7.18 | 4.44 | 17.6% | 10.9% | 6.7% |
| 2025 | 2 teams | 30 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 34.1 | 36 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 6.29 | 1.63 | 7.60 | 5.24 | 18.5% | 12.7% | 5.7% |
Hitting
| Year | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York Yankees | 24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | New York Yankees | 26 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 |
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Stats from the MLB Stats API, through Oct 9, 2026.