Cortes, acquired from the Brewers at the trade deadline, is expected to make his Padres debut Wednesday against the ...

Despite Williams' struggles so far, though, Yankees fans likely aren't missing Cortes, who earned an All-Star bid with the Bombers three seasons ago. He posted a 9.00 ERA in just two starts for the ...

Nestor Cortes again was strong — continuing a trend of excellent work from a Yankees’ rotation even without Gerrit Cole — in a 3-1 loss to the A’s in The Bronx on Thursday.

Cortes has come so far since then. Fourteen months after that dreary night in Rochester, Cortes was here at Dodger Stadium, the toast of the All-Star Game for the New York Yankees.