Yankees Put Nestor Cortes On 15-Day Injured List
3 months agoThe New York Yankees placed left-hander Nestor Cortes (elbow) on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to Sept. 22) on Wednesday with a left-elbow flexor strain and recalled right-hander Cody Poteet from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a corresponding move. Cortes was scratched from his scheduled outing on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium against the division-rival Baltimore Orioles and will now be replaced by right-hander Marcus Stroman, who recently moved to a relief role. The 29-year-old southpaw had been masterful on the mound for the Yankees of late, so this is a pretty big blow to their pitching staff with the playoffs beginning next week. Cortes will be eligible to return on Oct. 7, which makes him an unlikely candidate to join the team for the first series of the postseason in October. And when Cortes does return, he may be headed back to the bullpen. UPDATE: "I don't know if it's optimistic," manager Aaron Boone said of potentially getting Cortes back for the playoffs. Cortes hopes his rest/rehab will allow him to return if the Yankees make a deep postseason run. For now, he's shut down for seven to 10 days and will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection. He'll get two opinions on his injured elbow.
Source: Yankees PR Department
Source: Yankees PR Department