Yankees place Nestor Cortes on injured list with left rotator cuff strain
NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees positioned Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured listing Thursday with a left rotator cuff pressure that may sideline the left-hander for at the very least two begins.
The transfer is retroactive to Monday and Cortes will likely be shut down for at the very least 15 days.
After Tuesday’s recreation, Cortes mentioned the shoulder has been bothering him between begins and extra so after he pitched 5 innings on May 30 in Seattle.
“I took two days off and when I got to LA and threw that first day, I didn’t feel right,” Cortes mentioned Tuesday. “But it was first day getting back from pitching so I knew it was going to be nagging slightly bit. So I waited slightly bit.
“That second day in LA was when I said something because it felt like I had pitched yesterday. So I wasn’t recovering in time.”
Cortes is 5-2 with a 5.16 ERA in 11 begins and has significantly struggled later in outings. Opponents are hitting .447 when dealing with him for the third time in a recreation.
Last yr, Cortes was an All-Star and went 12-4 with a 2.44 ERA in 28 begins.
Randy Vásquez was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre to take Cortes’ spot within the rotation and can make his second profession begin in Thursday’s doubleheader. Vásquez made his main league debut May 26 in opposition to San Diego when the Yankees wanted a starter as a result of Domingo Germán was serving a 10-game suspension for utilizing sticky substances.
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