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Nestor Cortes

#0 - Starting Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws Right / Left
Date of Birth 12/10/1994 (31)
Height, Weight 5'10", 225 lb
Hometown Surgidero de Batabano, CUB

2025 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2-4 34.1 6.29 1.63 18.5% 12.7%
- 7
W
- 121.0
IP
- 4.24
ERA
- 1.28
WHIP
- 21.9%
K%
- 7.9%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.1 10.7% 29.0% 46.4% 6.2% 4.90 3.74
- 94.1
FB MPH
- 11.7%
SwStr%
- 28.1%
CSW%
- 50.0%
Str-ICR
- 6.2%
MTK%
- 5.01
PLV
- 3.18
PLA

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Nestor Cortes Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2018 BAL 4 0 4.2 0-0 0 7.71 3.00 - 10.78 - - 11.5% 15.4% 19.3 3.86 .471 - 89.3% - - 10.2% 31.5% 0.54 -
2019 NYY 33 1 66.2 5-1 0 5.67 1.55 - 5.59 - - 23.2% 9.4% 10.1 2.16 .321 - 73.5% - - 11.5% 28.9% 0.53 -
2020 SEA 5 1 7.2 0-1 0 15.26 2.35 13.29 15.14 7.85 5.66 18.2% 13.6% 14.1 7.04 .286 66.7% 51.7% 55.6% 33.3% 7.9% 27.9% 0.41 4.76
2021 NYY 22 14 93.0 2-3 4 2.90 1.08 3.80 3.78 4.05 2.87 27.5% 6.7% 7.3 1.35 .266 18.2% 85.0% 34.0% 30.2% 11.4% 27.8% 0.53 5.23
2022 NYY 28 28 158.1 12-4 13 2.44 0.92 2.93 3.13 3.47 2.50 26.5% 6.2% 6.1 0.91 .232 13.9% 82.8% 35.0% 34.7% 12.4% 29.6% 0.61 5.22
2023 NYY 12 12 63.1 5-2 3 4.97 1.25 3.98 4.49 4.61 2.89 25.2% 7.5% 8.4 1.56 .291 18.6% 69.1% 36.9% 29.5% 12.0% 28.3% 0.55 5.23
2024 NYY 31 30 174.1 9-10 13 3.77 1.15 3.67 3.84 4.07 2.84 22.8% 5.5% 8.4 1.24 .288 16.2% 76.4% 39.0% 32.9% 12.2% 26.8% 0.48 5.15
2025 SD/MIL 8 8 34.1 2-4 2 6.29 1.63 6.61 8.33 6.02 3.74 18.5% 12.7% 9.4 3.41 .247 35.1% 85.4% 41.5% 37.1% 10.7% 29.0% 0.45 4.90
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 24 22 121.0 7-7 8 4.24 1.28 4.32 4.25 4.18 3.18 21.9% 7.9% 8.5 1.26 .288 19.5% 73.1% 39.5% 43.5% 11.7% 28.1% 0.48 5.01
Career 143 94 602.1 35-25 35 3.94 1.19 3.84 4.34 4.13 2.85 24.3% 7.2% 8.0 1.52 .275 22.9% 78.1% 32.4% 32.9% 11.8% 28.3% 0.53 5.17

Nestor Cortes Repertoire

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Nestor Cortes Game Log

Nestor Cortes Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2018 BAL 4 0 4.2 0-0 0 0 0 108 68 40 26 10 6 2 0 2 3 4 0 0
2019 NYY 33 1 66.2 5-1 0 0 2 1,301 818 483 298 75 50 9 0 16 69 28 1 1
2020 SEA 5 1 7.2 0-1 0 0 0 165 96 68 44 12 4 2 0 6 8 6 2 0
2021 NYY 22 14 93.0 2-3 4 0 0 1,524 985 539 374 75 46 14 1 14 103 25 2 2
2022 NYY 28 28 158.1 12-4 13 0 0 2,465 1,670 795 615 108 69 23 0 16 163 38 2 1
2023 NYY 12 12 63.1 5-2 3 0 0 1,068 702 366 266 59 33 15 0 11 67 20 3 0
2024 NYY 31 30 174.1 9-10 13 0 0 2,849 1,853 996 710 162 94 44 0 24 162 39 4 2
2025 SD/MIL 8 8 34.1 2-4 2 0 0 599 366 233 157 36 19 4 0 13 29 20 2 0
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 24 22 121.0 7-7 8 0 0 1,974 1,267 708 509 113 73 22 2 16 111 39 5 3
Career 143 94 602.1 35-25 35 0 2 10,079 6,558 3,520 2,490 537 321 113 1 102 604 180 16 6

Nestor Cortes Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2018 BAL 11.5% 15.4% .455 .818 1.356 .561 .471 .526 - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY 23.2% 9.4% .281 .494 .843 .353 .321 .375 - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA 18.2% 13.6% .343 .914 1.379 .547 .286 .444 .348 .546 .320 .660 90.2 91.9 23.0 13.29
2021 NYY 27.5% 6.7% .217 .386 .659 .285 .266 .309 .228 .299 .280 .382 88.3 89.5 23.0 3.80
2022 NYY 26.5% 6.2% .189 .313 .554 .245 .232 .262 .205 .268 .252 .334 87.9 88.8 19.2 2.93
2023 NYY 25.2% 7.5% .244 .442 .750 .322 .291 .335 .220 .302 .253 .368 89.3 89.6 26.6 3.98
2024 NYY 22.8% 5.5% .245 .421 .711 .307 .288 .322 .234 .299 .271 .360 89.1 91.1 21.9 3.67
2025 SD/MIL 18.5% 12.7% .269 .590 .959 .405 .247 .340 .266 .404 .253 .455 91.7 94.0 18.6 6.61
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 21.9% 7.9% .246 .410 .722 .314 .288 .322 .247 .322 .286 .375 89.1 90.5 13.4 4.32
Career 24.3% 7.2% .236 .421 .716 .312 .275 .319 .219 .301 .264 .373 88.9 90.3 21.7 3.84

Nestor Cortes Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 BAL 10.2% (89.3) - - - - 10.2% (77.3) 0.9% (81.0) - - 10.2% 11.1%
2019 NYY 31.1% (89.6) 4.6% (89.0) - 20.8% (81.8) - 3.7% (74.6) 7.8% (82.3) - - 35.7% 32.3%
2020 SEA 38.2% (88.2) 2.4% (87.8) - 35.8% (82.8) - 18.2% (76.7) 5.5% (81.2) - - 40.6% 59.4%
2021 NYY 43.2% (90.7) 3.3% (90.3) 5.4% (86.4) 23.0% (83.5) - 15.1% (77.3) 10.0% (83.1) - - 46.6% 53.4%
2022 NYY 44.1% (91.8) 2.8% (90.8) 29.9% (86.9) 18.7% (77.0) - 0.1% (72.1) 4.4% (82.9) - - 46.8% 53.1%
2023 NYY 52.1% (91.6) 0.5% (89.3) 28.7% (86.6) 2.1% (81.7) 13.9% (76.2) - 2.8% (83.4) - - 52.5% 47.5%
2024 NYY 44.3% (92.1) 1.4% (90.3) 28.0% (87.5) 1.0% (81.4) 15.7% (78.0) - 9.7% (83.6) - - 45.7% 54.3%
2025 SD/MIL 37.9% (90.1) 0.3% (90.9) 34.4% (86.6) - 13.4% (78.1) - 13.9% (82.2) - - 38.2% 61.6%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 37.2% (94.1) 20.3% (93.3) 16.6% (89.1) 18.5% (85.7) 16.5% (82.1) 15.1% (79.7) 15.8% (85.9) 16.3% (85.9) 74.0% (79.4) 47.0% 52.9%
Career 42.3% (91.3) 2.3% (90.0) 21.1% (87.0) 11.8% (80.5) 6.7% (80.5) 3.2% (76.8) 7.6% (83.0) - - 44.6% 50.4%

Nestor Cortes Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 BAL 36.4% (3) - - - - 27.3% (0) 0.0% (0) - - 36.4% 250.0%
2019 NYY 31.6% (50) 23.3% (11) - 34.1% (30) - 18.8% (2) 12.7% (7) - - 30.5% 55.7%
2020 SEA 34.9% (7) 50.0% (1) - 22.0% (4) - 23.3% (1) 22.2% (0) - - 35.8% 22.4%
2021 NYY 29.0% (71) 27.5% (9) 29.3% (11) 30.3% (51) - 31.3% (20) 10.5% (12) - - 28.9% 26.8%
2022 NYY 31.2% (146) 23.5% (8) 27.2% (101) 34.3% (38) - 50.0% (1) 13.8% (11) - - 30.8% 28.6%
2023 NYY 28.6% (70) 40.0% (1) 23.8% (35) 18.2% (3) 39.2% (14) - 20.0% (5) - - 28.7% 27.8%
2024 NYY 26.8% (139) 27.5% (6) 26.5% (111) 14.3% (3) 32.8% (42) - 19.3% (46) - - 26.8% 26.8%
2025 SD/MIL 31.7% (19) 0.0% (0) 29.6% (19) - 28.8% (9) - 20.5% (17) - - 31.4% 27.6%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 27.5% (67) 27.5% (20) 26.4% (25) 28.6% (44) 29.3% (31) 30.3% (33) 23.2% (40) 23.0% (39) 20.8% (6) 27.7% 28.2%
Career 29.4% (505) 25.7% (36) 26.8% (277) 31.7% (129) 33.7% (65) 28.7% (24) 16.0% (98) - - 29.2% 30.3%

Nestor Cortes Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 BAL - - - - - - - - 13.9% - - - - -
2019 NYY - - - - - - - - 18.6% - - - - -
2020 SEA 33.3% 25.9% 33.3% 11.1% 51.9% 48.1% 25.9% 25.9% 13.9% 48.1% 29.6% 14.8% 11.1% 55.6%
2021 NYY 30.2% 23.1% 31.8% 14.9% 34.7% 32.4% 39.3% 28.3% 20.9% 65.7% 21.9% 5.4% 7.0% 34.0%
2022 NYY 34.7% 22.6% 27.9% 14.8% 35.4% 37.1% 34.0% 28.9% 21.4% 65.1% 23.5% 6.3% 5.1% 35.0%
2023 NYY 29.5% 17.0% 33.5% 19.9% 35.2% 46.0% 30.7% 23.3% 21.0% 63.1% 21.6% 8.0% 7.4% 36.9%
2024 NYY 32.9% 22.6% 29.5% 15.0% 35.7% 36.0% 37.8% 26.1% 20.5% 60.7% 24.6% 7.2% 7.6% 39.0%
2025 SD/MIL 37.1% 16.2% 35.2% 11.4% 32.4% 39.6% 36.8% 23.6% 14.4% 58.1% 19.0% 8.6% 14.3% 41.5%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 43.5% 22.1% 24.6% 9.9% 35.8% 42.1% 33.1% 24.7% 18.2% 60.4% 24.8% 6.4% 8.5% 39.5%
Career 32.9% 21.6% 30.4% 15.2% 35.5% 37.4% 35.9% 26.7% 20.0% 62.7% 23.2% 7.0% 7.3% 32.4%

Nestor Cortes Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 BAL .455 .561 .471 .526 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY .281 .353 .321 .375 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA .343 .547 .286 .444 .348 .546 .320 .660 90.2 91.9 23.0 66.7% 55.6% 34.1%
2021 NYY .217 .285 .266 .309 .228 .299 .280 .382 88.3 89.5 23.0 18.2% 34.0% 22.2%
2022 NYY .189 .245 .232 .262 .205 .268 .252 .334 87.9 88.8 19.2 13.9% 35.0% 23.4%
2023 NYY .244 .322 .291 .335 .220 .302 .253 .368 89.3 89.6 26.6 18.6% 36.9% 24.4%
2024 NYY .245 .307 .288 .322 .234 .299 .271 .360 89.1 91.1 21.9 16.2% 39.0% 27.7%
2025 SD/MIL .269 .405 .247 .340 .266 .404 .253 .455 91.7 94.0 18.6 35.1% 41.5% 28.0%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG .246 .314 .288 .322 .247 .322 .286 .375 89.1 90.5 13.4 19.5% 39.5% 27.4%
Career .236 .312 .275 .319 .219 .301 .264 .373 88.9 90.3 21.7 22.9% 32.4% 22.0%

Nestor Cortes Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 BAL - 63.0% 41.7% - 24.4% 13.9% 75.6% - - 21.3% 10.2% 31.5% 17.6% 53.7% 0.54 -
2019 NYY - 62.9% 45.4% - 25.2% 18.6% 74.8% - - 17.4% 11.5% 28.9% 15.4% 57.1% 0.53 -
2020 SEA 44.2% 58.2% 38.2% 18.5% 20.6% 13.9% 79.4% 84.8% 64.7% 20.0% 7.9% 27.9% 16.4% 50.9% 0.41 40.0%
2021 NYY 46.7% 64.6% 48.3% 28.2% 23.6% 20.9% 76.4% 80.9% 66.4% 16.3% 11.4% 27.8% 16.0% 59.7% 0.53 53.7%
2022 NYY 47.6% 67.7% 50.5% 33.0% 24.5% 21.4% 75.5% 80.9% 65.0% 17.2% 12.4% 29.6% 16.7% 63.4% 0.61 56.1%
2023 NYY 48.7% 65.7% 49.4% 28.5% 24.2% 21.0% 75.8% 80.4% 64.7% 16.3% 12.0% 28.3% 16.5% 60.2% 0.55 53.6%
2024 NYY 47.1% 65.0% 50.4% 29.0% 24.2% 20.5% 75.8% 80.1% 66.1% 14.6% 12.2% 26.8% 17.7% 59.4% 0.48 51.2%
2025 SD/MIL 46.1% 61.1% 42.7% 22.6% 25.0% 14.4% 75.0% 83.1% 54.8% 18.4% 10.7% 29.0% 17.7% 55.1% 0.45 46.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 47.3% 64.1% 47.7% 30.0% 24.5% 18.2% 75.5% 84.4% 57.8% 16.4% 11.7% 28.1% 17.9% 58.3% 0.48 50.0%
Career 40.6% 65.1% 48.6% 29.2% 24.3% 20.0% 75.7% 80.8% 65.0% 16.5% 11.8% 28.3% 16.8% 59.7% 0.53 54.2%

Nestor Cortes Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 BAL - - - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA 44.2% 29.7% 24.8% 45.5% 40.6% 21.8% 37.6% 36.4% 38.8% 6.1%
2021 NYY 46.7% 40.3% 23.0% 36.7% 37.1% 26.8% 36.2% 29.5% 47.5% 6.0%
2022 NYY 47.6% 34.0% 24.7% 41.3% 40.3% 26.2% 33.5% 34.4% 40.9% 5.8%
2023 NYY 48.7% 28.2% 28.4% 43.4% 42.9% 22.7% 34.5% 34.3% 37.4% 6.0%
2024 NYY 47.1% 40.9% 25.1% 34.1% 39.8% 25.3% 34.9% 25.0% 49.9% 6.4%
2025 SD/MIL 46.1% 48.7% 24.4% 26.9% 42.0% 25.6% 32.4% 16.4% 59.2% 7.0%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 47.3% 35.4% 26.7% 37.9% 30.0% 24.9% 45.2% 28.4% 44.9% 6.9%
Career 40.6% 37.6% 25.0% 37.5% 40.0% 25.5% 34.5% 29.2% 45.8% 6.1%

Nestor Cortes Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 BAL 59.3% 15.7% 25.0% 14.1% 51.9% 48.1% 25.0% - 11.1%
2019 NYY 53.9% 12.8% 33.4% 10.6% 63.3% 54.9% 24.5% - 15.9%
2020 SEA 60.0% 15.2% 24.8% 12.1% 61.4% 47.7% 25.3% 17.1% 19.5%
2021 NYY 56.8% 12.4% 30.9% 13.8% 59.7% 50.4% 18.8% 22.7% 21.9%
2022 NYY 57.2% 10.0% 32.7% 13.3% 67.2% 55.7% 23.0% 24.2% 20.2%
2023 NYY 57.5% 10.5% 32.2% 12.7% 66.3% 56.6% 21.0% 23.5% 19.5%
2024 NYY 58.4% 11.3% 30.3% 14.0% 58.5% 48.8% 19.5% 25.7% 18.8%
2025 SD/MIL 60.6% 13.9% 25.5% 16.0% 61.1% 50.3% 22.6% 24.2% 19.0%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 58.7% 11.6% 29.9% 15.2% 62.3% 50.6% 21.4% 24.3% 18.8%
Career 57.4% 11.5% 31.2% 13.3% 62.4% 52.4% 21.4% 20.7% 19.2%

Nestor Cortes PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 BAL 108 - - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY 1,301 - - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA 165 4.76 50.6% 12.2% 37.2% 13.4% 3.0% 9.7 +6 5.66
2021 NYY 1,524 5.23 50.7% 15.0% 34.4% 16.3% 4.1% 1.3 +3 2.87
2022 NYY 2,465 5.22 51.6% 15.7% 32.7% 19.0% 2.8% -17.7 -5 2.50
2023 NYY 1,068 5.23 50.8% 17.0% 32.1% 18.7% 3.6% 11.8 +8 2.89
2024 NYY 2,849 5.15 49.0% 15.5% 35.4% 13.6% 3.3% 29.5 +42 2.84
2025 SD/MIL 599 4.90 44.6% 16.9% 38.6% 6.0% 6.2% 17.4 +9 3.74
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 1,974 5.01 45.8% 18.8% 35.4% 10.4% 6.2% 13.3 +9 3.18
Career 10,079 5.17 50.0% 15.7% 34.3% 15.7% 3.5% 52.1 +62 2.85
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