Yankees ace Nestor Cortes withdrew from the World Baseball Classic after he was diagnosed with what he described as a low-Grade 2 hamstring strain.
TAMPA — What first appeared to be at least a slight cause for concern may have just been a measly bump in the road for Nestor Cortes. after he was diagnosed with what he described as a low-Grade 2 hamstring strain.
“Everything felt good, better than I expected actually,” Cortes said Friday afternoon. “Ever since [Monday] till now, we’ve been working pretty intense and hard to feel as normal as possible.” The quick turnaround does not mean Cortes will be rejoining Team USA for the WBC, but it is a sigh of relief for the Yankees. Any kind of real injury to Cortes would have been costly after the rotation already lost Frankie Montas to scheduled shoulder surgery that could cost him a large chunk of the season, if not all of it.
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