Nestor Cortes Jr. height - How tall is Nestor Cortes Jr.?

The Yankees invited Cortés to spring training as a non-roster player in 2019. He did not make the team and was assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees promoted him to the major leagues on May 9. On June 15, he earned his first Major League win, striking out 7 batters, and allowing 2 earned runs in 5 innings. On June 21, 2019, he was optioned to Triple-A with Aaron Judge coming off the injured list. He was 5-1 with an ERA of 5.67 in 33 games.

On November 25, 2019, Cortes was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for international bonus pool money.

On April 13, 2018, he was returned to the New York Yankees. He played in one game for Trenton before returning to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, combining for a 6–6 record and a 3.68 ERA in 24 games.

The Baltimore Orioles selected Cortés from the Yankees organization in the 2017 Rule 5 draft. With the Orioles, Cortés competed for a spot on the Orioles' Opening Day roster as either a starting pitcher or relief pitcher. He made the Orioles' Opening Day roster in 2018 as a relief pitcher, and made his major league debut on March 31. Cortés allowed a grand slam to Josh Reddick on April 3, and then a walk with the bases loaded to Curtis Granderson followed by a grand slam by Josh Donaldson on April 9. The Orioles designated Cortés for assignment the next day.

The New York Yankees selected him in the 36th round of the 2013 MLB draft. He signed and made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League, where he had a 0–1 win–loss record with a 4.42 earned run average (ERA) in ​18  ⁄3 innings pitched. He returned there in 2014, going 1–2 with a 2.27 ERA in 11 games (two starts). Cortés spent 2015 with the Pulaski Yankees of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, where he compiled a 6–3 record with a 2.26 ERA in 12 games (ten starts). In 2016, he pitched for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League, Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League, and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, pitching to a combined 11–4 record with a 1.53 ERA in 21 games (12 starts). Cortés played 2017 with Tampa, Trenton, and the RailRiders. where he was 7–4 with a 2.06 ERA in 30 games (13 starts).

Nestor Cortes Jr. (born December 10, 1994) is a Cuban-American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees.