A week away from the start of the Yankees’ regular season, Nestor Cortes looked plenty crisp in his second and penultimate outing of spring training
“Really, it’s been in line with what we’ve seen from him all spring, even when he was initially coming back from the hamstring,” Boone said. “As he was getting built up, he was real sharp. Today he was really sharp. Stuff was really good, popped a 94 [mph] even in there. But his command and his mix, he was in command today.
“I feel good,” Cortes said. “I think now it’s just getting to pitch count and being strong through the third time around the lineup or the fifth and sixth inning. That’s going to be the next hurdle for the next outing.”Cortes also got a slight test of his hamstring in the second inning. Lars Nootbaar hit a ground ball off first base, and while Cortes did eventually get over to cover first base, Anthony Rizzo took care of it himself. Cortes and Rizzo laughed as they headed back to the dugout.
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