You hopefully know by now that New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes is the king of the delay-windeup pitch that gets hitters off their rhythm.
But it turns out Cortes is also an amazing fielder, or at least he was for one play during Friday’s ALDS Game 2 against the Cleveland Guardians.
Facing the bases loaded against Myles Straw and two outs, he got the hitter to bounce one right up the middle … but Cortes leaped up and snagged it, then threw from laying on the ground to first for the out, ending the inning.
WOW. An incredible, timely, terrific play:
Nestor Cortes with a wild play to end the inning and leave the bases loaded! pic.twitter.com/JgTKOrvWu9
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 14, 2022
"Under this body, there's a guy that's athletic." – Nestor Cortes, April 2022.
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) October 14, 2022
So good.
