Nestor Cortes wants to prove he can do it twice, at the very least.
, Monday night at Yankee Stadium. “He’s been given nothing, he’s had to scratch and crawl his way though the minor leagues and take advantage of his opportunities up here.
Monday morning Cortes learned that he’d been named the Latino MVP for AL starting pitchers in 2022. Monday night he threw five innings against Philly — longest outing of an injury-shortened spring — and allowed one run and seven hits, pumping his four-seamer for strikes and grinding through a bunch of long at-bats.
Marsh, held late while rounding third, froze seeing the bad throw. Cortes, backing up the play, caught it, whipped a throw to third, and DJ LeMahieu slapped a quick tag. It was quite a mic drop for the evening.“He’s really athletic,” Anthony Rizzo said, smiling, resisting the temptation to add: “For a pitcher.” Though he did say: “You don’t see a lot of pitchers make that play.”Cortes also covered first base flawlessly, a good sign given his troublesome hamstring.
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