The Yankees will once again be without Nestor Cortes in the lineup due to injury after placing the starting pitcher on the 15-day injured list with a left rotator cuff strain, the team announced Friday.
Cortes, 28, later announced he will be shut down for “about a month,” casting real doubt on his ability to return this season. In regards to the injury potentially being season-ending, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters it would “probably be tough” for the left-hander to come back this season.
New York’s decision, which is retroactive to Tuesday, comes on the heels of Cortes (5–2) working his way back from the same injury that previously landed him on the 60-day IL on June 8.
