Nestor Cortes goes on injured list with ailing elbow in a blow to Yankees' postseason pitching
Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes has a flexor strain in his pitching elbow and was placed on the 15-day injured list in a blow to New York’s rotation heading into the playoffs
By AP News
Published - Sep 25, 2024, 05:20 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:54 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes has a flexor strain in his pitching elbow and was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday in a blow to New York's rotation heading into the playoffs.
Cortes and the Yankees are still holding out some hope he could return at some point in the postseason, but it didn't sound likely.
“I don't know if optimistic. I mean, we're not ruling it out yet,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Cortes was scratched from his scheduled start Wednesday night against Baltimore and replaced by Marcus Stroman, with the Yankees one win from clinching the AL East title and a first-round playoff bye.
